Monitoring the SessionHB 1166
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Fewer cases where schools owe extra retirement contributions.
This bill widens the cases where a school employer does not have to pay the extra retirement-system contributions normally owed when it rehires a retired teacher or school worker. Employers stay exempt for retirees who retired before September 1, 2005, and they would also be exempt for later retirees if the job fits certain existing return-to-work exceptions and the employer shows the Texas Education Agency it cannot fill the position except with a temporary worker. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, qualifying districts could rehire those retirees without paying the surcharge, which leaves less money flowing into the Teacher Retirement System for those hires.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4237 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4237 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1166 · 2024-11-12
relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.
Fewer cases where schools owe extra retirement contributions.
This bill widens the cases where a school employer does not have to pay the extra retirement-system contributions normally owed when it rehires a retired teacher or school worker. Employers stay exempt for retirees who retired before September 1, 2005, and they would also be exempt for later retirees if the job fits certain existing return-to-work exceptions and the employer shows the Texas Education Agency it cannot fill the position except with a temporary worker. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, qualifying districts could rehire those retirees without paying the surcharge, which leaves less money flowing into the Teacher Retirement System for those hires.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Raymond, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 21, 2023: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/07/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Pensions, Investments & Financial Services · Final status: Died in committee
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers
Retirement Systems--General
Retirement Systems--Teachers
The text as introduced · 263 words
89R222 JCG-D By: Raymond H.B. No. 1166 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 825.4092(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The amounts required to be paid under Subsections (b) and (c) are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for a retiree who retired from the retirement system : (1) before September 1, 2005 ; or (2) on or after September 1, 2005, if: (A) the retiree's employment qualifies for an exception under Section 824.601(b-1) or 824.602(a)(3) to the loss of benefit payments described by Section 824.601(b); and (B) the reporting employer demonstrates to the Texas Education Agency that the employer cannot through reasonable efforts fill the position other than with a person working on a temporary basis . SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.