---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility to participate as an annuitant in the state employees group benefits program."
description: "Relating to eligibility to participate as an annuitant in the state employees group benefits program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3813"
citation: "Texas HB 3813 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Public Employees (I0443)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d622ab5-5d3a-4dd5-b7c8-ced0198af201"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3813.xml"
source_hash: "8715ba5a3f3a77192febacb769be2250eb352656ec99d072d5b3160f2d47a436"
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 HB 3813 (88) — Relating to eligibility to participate as an annuitant in the state employees group benefits program.

## 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/HB03813I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03813E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03813H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03813S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03813F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/2d622ab5-5d3a-4dd5-b7c8-ced0198af201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).