---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the cash balance benefit under the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
description: "Relating to the cash balance benefit under the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "Texas SB 729 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c23a6941-bfb5-40d3-848b-2a4665944696"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 729.xml"
source_hash: "ca4808cd94193316ca831c87b7e1d381a8cd9c413ac61f34080125c8b5612573"
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 729 (88) — Relating to the cash balance benefit 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00729I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00729E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00729H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00729S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00729F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** 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`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-09** Read
- **2023-05-09** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-09** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-10** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/c23a6941-bfb5-40d3-848b-2a4665944696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).