---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1444"
citation: "Texas SB 1444 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement Systems--Municipal (I0729)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Eckhardt", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7508a6f-5f06-4986-8491-0782196559d4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1444.xml"
source_hash: "74ae3957f10b559074c26acf2c1e439a5b0695084ecd28da0b308aecc9a5beeb"
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 (88) — Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities.

## 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/SB01444I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01444E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01444H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01444S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01444F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-30** 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`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7508a6f-5f06-4986-8491-0782196559d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).