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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
description: "Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1509"
citation: "Texas SB 1509 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4371b2a0-35d9-4a27-9673-6821bc839c30"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1509.xml"
source_hash: "5bae6cac55ad22d253362fd85f0902197f00080511d5dbd43979f257820d68ae"
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 1509 (88) — Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01509I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01509E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01509H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01509S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01509F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1410** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1422** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **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** 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
- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** Vote reconsidered
- **2023-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-04** Read
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4371b2a0-35d9-4a27-9673-6821bc839c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).