---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorized investments of public money by certain governmental entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments."
description: "Relating to authorized investments of public money by certain governmental entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "Texas SB 1246 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de3bad5-a0fc-479b-851b-f5a2fa7c9063"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1246.xml"
source_hash: "cec56459036a64be72d96986d8d45ab41f12cc32c9d5dbadcabc893ecc1cbb1e"
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 1246 (88) — Relating to authorized investments of public money by certain governmental entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01246I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01246E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01246H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01246S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01246F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–9** (pass) · lower
- passage — **129–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-19** Read
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de3bad5-a0fc-479b-851b-f5a2fa7c9063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).