---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees."
description: "Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1444"
citation: "Texas SB 1444 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b38092f-f70e-4401-9216-3e049a9727f2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1444.xml"
source_hash: "e96da20c25195a441699f4c34b65fada4d0e1f8ee086ef69eb5eddc1b160cb12"
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 1444 (87) — Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees.

## 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/SB01444I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-07** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/2b38092f-f70e-4401-9216-3e049a9727f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).