---
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: "87"
identifier: "SCR 17"
citation: "Texas SCR 17 (87)"
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", "Herrero", "Hughes", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Parker", "Toth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28733be-2dea-4ca2-957e-9803665ef32f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 17.xml"
source_hash: "13aaea32d5641f7d2fef75a479600d7649f71602efac7de90a9e55ad75161b2d"
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 17 (87) — 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/87R/billtext/html/SC00017I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00017E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00017H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00017S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00017F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-11** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** House passage reported
- **2021-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-18** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** 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/e28733be-2dea-4ca2-957e-9803665ef32f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).