---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service."
description: "Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Texas SB 288 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Anchia", "Dean", "Ordaz Perez", "Seliger", "Wu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44902208-66d7-4bbd-ac7e-319e3963f37b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 288.xml"
source_hash: "78fad76aced024406d6718edae81ba40a22895c80131eee15eeb2ce3c488c668"
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 288 (87) — Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.

## 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/SB00288I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **138–1** (fail) · upper
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Anchia — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-23** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-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`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/44902208-66d7-4bbd-ac7e-319e3963f37b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).