Monitoring the SessionSB 574
Died in committee
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relating to an annual adjustment for inflation to the monthly amount of longevity pay for state employees.
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The fixed $20 starts rising every year, no new legislation needed.
The bill ties the monthly longevity pay for state employees to inflation, replacing the fixed $20 for every two years of service with an amount the comptroller raises each year by a consumer price index. It touches every state employee who earns longevity pay and the comptroller, who must set and publish the new amount each year. For the year starting September 1, 2025, the rate becomes $20 plus that year's inflation increase, and after that it rises automatically each year without new legislation.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1773 (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 SB 1773 (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 Dec 12, 2024 and referred to the Senate Finance committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB574 · 2024-12-12
relating to an annual adjustment for inflation to the monthly amount of longevity pay for state employees.
The fixed $20 starts rising every year, no new legislation needed.
The bill ties the monthly longevity pay for state employees to inflation, replacing the fixed $20 for every two years of service with an amount the comptroller raises each year by a consumer price index. It touches every state employee who earns longevity pay and the comptroller, who must set and publish the new amount each year. For the year starting September 1, 2025, the rate becomes $20 plus that year's inflation increase, and after that it rises automatically each year without new legislation.
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The bill changes state employee pay by putting longevity pay on an automatic yearly inflation raise instead of a fixed $20.
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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 Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 20, 2023: Referred to Finance
Relating to an annual adjustment for inflation to the monthly amount of longevity pay for state employees.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Dec 12, 2024
02/03/2025 S Referred to Finance
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Finance · Final status: Died in committee
Salaries & Expenses
State Employees
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
The text as introduced · 498 words
89R4368 CS-D By: Eckhardt, Zaffirini S.B. No. 574 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an annual adjustment for inflation to the monthly amount of longevity pay for state employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 659.044, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f) and Section 659.0445, the monthly amount of longevity pay is the amount set by the comptroller under Subsection (a-1) [ $20 ] for every two years of lifetime service credit. (a-1) Not later than July 1 of each year, the comptroller shall set the amount of longevity pay for purposes of Subsection (a) in the manner provided by this subsection. The comptroller shall increase the amount of longevity pay in effect on the date the increase is made by an amount equal to the product of the amount of longevity pay in effect on that date and the percentage increase, if any, in an index considered by the comptroller to most accurately report annual changes in the purchasing power of the dollar for consumers in this state. The increased amount of longevity pay is effective for the 12-month period beginning on September 1 of the year in which the increase is made. Not later than August 1 of each year, the comptroller shall publish notice of the increased amount of longevity pay determined under this subsection and the period for which that amount will be effective in the Texas Register and post that information in a prominent location on the comptroller's Internet website. (a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2025, and ending August 31, 2026, the comptroller shall set the amount of longevity pay for purposes of Subsection (a) in an amount equal to the sum of $20 and the product of $20 and the percentage increase, if any, in an index considered by the comptroller to most accurately report annual changes in the purchasing power of the dollar for consumers in this state. This subsection expires September 1, 2026. SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall calculate the amount of longevity pay in effect for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2025, in the manner required by Section 659.044(a-2), Government Code, as added by this Act. In the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2026, and in subsequent state fiscal years, the comptroller of public accounts shall calculate the amount of longevity pay in effect for the applicable state fiscal year in the manner required by Section 659.044(a-1), Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. 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.
