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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
description: "Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Texas SB 321 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Huffman", "Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 83
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3735f0e-7652-4c4e-938d-ee6010c0381c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 321.xml"
source_hash: "6ffbba85f0e0bcbcac5b84413c55882a9499be600b8c6326d975420e088ceafd"
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 321 (87) — Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00321I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00321E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00321H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00321S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00321F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **256** (pass) · upper
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8165** (pass) · lower
- passage — **2011** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-26** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-29** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3735f0e-7652-4c4e-938d-ee6010c0381c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).