HB3161 • 2025

Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Villalobos | Simmons
Last action: 2025-06-20
Official status: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date: 2025-06-20

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Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

What This Bill Does

Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

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Bill History

2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online
Signed by the Governor
2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online
Effective on 9/1/25
2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online
Sent to the Governor
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Signed in the House
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Signed in the Senate
2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online
Senate passage reported
2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online
Reported enrolled
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendments
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Finance
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2057
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1980
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
2025-02-21 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 3161 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3161

AN ACT

relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement

System.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 855.401(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) Each municipality that has one or more departments

participating in the retirement system by ordinance shall designate

the rate of member contributions for employees. The municipality

shall elect a rate of five, six, [
or
] seven
, or eight
percent of the

employees' compensation. All departments of a participating

municipality must have the same employee contribution rate, except

that any municipality that before September 1, 1991, has elected to

have different rates of member contributions in different

departments may continue member contributions in accordance with

its existing ordinances until the municipality elects to equalize

the rates.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the House on May

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 0, 4 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the Senate on May

23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor