---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act."
description: "Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SCR 28"
citation: "Texas SCR 28 (88)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET (P0181)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (P0377)", "WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION (P0504)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Harless", "Herrero", "Huffman", "Lambert", "Shine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b995193-a86c-43f8-9779-73bf44b2eee3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 28.xml"
source_hash: "e7726cd2f692eb36063cd637ecdfed8a842168dcc1b54deede49f1887993939a"
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 SCR 28 (88) — Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

## 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/SC00028I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00028E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00028H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00028S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SC00028F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **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`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-26** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b995193-a86c-43f8-9779-73bf44b2eee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).