HB2434

Signed by Governor
Authored by Mihaela Plesa (D)
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Caption: Relating to the purchase of service credit by certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Initially Referred to House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 2434 modifies the Government Code to allow certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to purchase service credit for employment periods before their most recent date of hiring. It ensures that such purchases do not result in an actuarial loss to the retirement system and sets provisions for how the retirement system calculates the deposit required for service credit.

Joint authors: Vasut (R)
Sponsors: A. Hinojosa (R)

Feb 5, 2025


(H) Plesa signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Mar 17, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services, chaired by a Republican
 

Apr 23, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 29, 2025


(H) Vasut signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
 

May 5, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 7, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 9, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
 

May 10, 2025


(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment
(H) Record vote

RV#2103: Yea 114 (R 73, D 41) - Nay 6 (R 6, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu

Nay - Cain; Leo Wilson; Lozano; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Toth

Absent - Darby; Guerra; Harris Davila; Jones, V.; Longoria; Schatzline; Virdell

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Hillary Hickland: "When Record No. 2103 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Mike Olcott: "When Record No. 2103 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

R. D. Guerra: "When Record No. 2103 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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May 12, 2025


(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#2139: Yea 145 (R 85, D 60) - Nay 1 (R 1, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Hickland

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Hillary Hickland: "When Record No. 2139 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House
 

May 13, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Finance, chaired by a Republican
 

May 21, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

May 22, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

May 23, 2025


(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote

20250523_HB2434_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250523_HB2434_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
 

May 24, 2025


(H) Senate passage reported
(H) Reported enrolled
 

May 25, 2025


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

May 26, 2025


(E) Sent to the Governor
 


(H) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Pensions, Investments & Financial Services as Ann Bishop for self (with Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA))
(Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Pensions, Investments & Financial Services as Chris Jones for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as Marshall Kenderdine for Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA)
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as of Texas for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Pensions, Investments & Financial Services as Steven Deline for self
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as Steven Deline for self
(Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Pensions, Investments & Financial Services as Thomas Parkinson for self
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as Thomas Parkinson for self
 

On

(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Finance as Robin Hardaway for Employees Retirement System
(Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Pensions, Investments & Financial Services as Robin Hardway for Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS)



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