---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disability retirement benefits for certain peace officers under the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
description: "Relating to disability retirement benefits for certain peace officers under the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1071"
citation: "Texas SB 1071 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85543ed0-db12-487d-9c99-c0b43e3c023c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1071.xml"
source_hash: "3bed3396a2f0f44d7a9b04b762afd19417260a103cb9e6f87556ac15736f00c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 1071 (87) — Relating to disability retirement benefits for certain peace officers under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01071I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01071E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01071H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01071S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01071F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85543ed0-db12-487d-9c99-c0b43e3c023c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).