Bill Text: TX SB572 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a pay raise for certain state employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-12 - Filed [SB572 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB572-Introduced.html

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89R1571 KJE-D
By: Eckhardt, Zaffirini S.B. No. 572

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a pay raise for certain state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Except as provided by Section 2 of this Act, for
the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025:
(1) each full-time employee of a state agency,
including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
61.003, Education Code, is entitled to an increase in the
employee's gross annual salary for each state fiscal year of that
biennium in an amount equal to $10,000; and
(2) each part-time employee of a state agency,
including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
61.003, Education Code, is entitled to an increase in the
employee's gross annual salary for each state fiscal year of that
biennium in an amount that is equal to the product of:
(A) the ratio between the number of hours the
employee works and the number of hours required of a full-time
employee; and
(B) $10,000.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this Act does not apply to a member
of the legislature or to a member of a board, commission, or other
governing body of a state agency, including an institution of
higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, who
may receive a per diem or expense reimbursement but not a salary for
full-time employment.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.