Texas SB1737: Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

What the bill says

An act relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:

AN ACT relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 811.001(8) and (9), Government Code, are amended to read as follows: (8) "Custodial officer"[ADDED: :] [ADDED: (A)]means a member of the retirement system who is employed[ADDED: :] [ADDED: (i)]by the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a parole officer or caseworker[] [ADDED: (ii)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: by the Texas Juvenile Justice ] [ADDED: Department in a position in which the member's service is ] []or [ADDED: (iii)][[DELETED: who is employed]] by the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and certified by the department as having a normal job assignment that requires frequent or infrequent regularly planned contact with, and [[DELETED: in]] close proximity to, inmates or defendants of the correctional institutions division without the protection of bars, doors, security screens, or similar devices and includes assignments normally involving supervision or the potential for supervision of inmates in inmate housing areas, educational or recreational facilities, industrial shops, kitchens, laundries, medical areas, agricultural shops or fields, or in other areas on or away from property of the department[ and] [ADDED: (B)][[DELETED: . The term]] includes …

Sponsors

• Joan Huffman (R, SD-017) · primary sponsor
• Peter Flores (R, SD-024)
• Paul Bettencourt (R, SD-007)
• Jose Menendez (D, SD-026)
• Charles Perry (R, SD-028)
• Royce West (D, SD-023)
• Judith Zaffirini (D, SD-021)
• Charlie Geren (R, HD-099)
• John Lujan (R, HD-118)
• Drew Darby (R, HD-072)
• Stan Lambert (R, HD-071)

Latest actions

1. June 20, 2025: Effective on 9/1/25
2. June 20, 2025: Signed by the Governor
3. May 27, 2025: Sent to the Governor
4. May 26, 2025: Signed in the House
5. May 26, 2025: Signed in the Senate
6. May 23, 2025: Reported enrolled
7. May 23, 2025: House passage reported
8. May 23, 2025: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
9. May 23, 2025: Record vote (RV#3347)
10. May 23, 2025: Passed

Votes

• Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Finance Committee Vote (Out of committee): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Record vote RV#4083 (May 23, 2025): 106 yea, 30 nay, passed
• Record vote RV#3347 (May 23, 2025): 123 yea, 12 nay, passed
• Record vote RV#3889 (May 22, 2025): 132 yea, 9 nay, passed
• Record vote RV#3269 (May 22, 2025): 140 yea, 1 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB1737?

SB1737 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

What does SB1737 do?

In its own words: An act relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

What is the status of SB1737?

Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).

Who sponsored SB1737?

Joan Huffman (R, SD-017), with 10 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB1737?

On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB01737