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SJR57 • 2025

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Huffman
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
05/12/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

What This Bill Does

  • Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  6. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  7. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

  14. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  15. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  21. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  22. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  23. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  24. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  26. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  27. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  28. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  29. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  31. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  33. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  35. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Finance

  36. 2025-02-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  37. 2025-02-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SJR 57 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Huffman, et al.

S.J.R. No. 57

(Lambert)

proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state

funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement

system.

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

SECTION 1. Section 67, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is

amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(c-1)

This state is not liable for any debts or other

obligations of a retirement system described by Subsection (c) of

this section.

The legislature may not appropriate money to a

retirement system described by Subsection (c) of this section to

pay any debts or other obligations of the retirement system.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the

legislature from appropriating state money to a local public

retirement system to pay any debts or other obligations of the

retirement system."