Rep. Yvonne Davis introduced HB 4280, a bill on Retirement Systems, to the Texas House on Monday, March 10 during the 89(R) legislative session, according to the Texas Legislature website.
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’relating to deferred retirement option plans under the public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill addresses deferred retirement option plans (DROP) within public retirement systems for police and firefighters in specific municipalities. It mandates that an actuarial valuation or observation of fund assets must treat DROP-related assets and liabilities separately rather than integrating them into the main fund’s actuarial assessments. The pension system’s qualified actuary is required to individually account for the assets or liabilities connected to DROP. Additionally, the board is allowed to adopt a shorter period for annuitizing DROP account balances. The bill takes effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds majority vote from all members of each legislative house, or otherwise on Sept. 1, 2025.
Yvonne Davis, a member of the House Committee on Land & Resource Management, proposed another 13 bills during the 89(R) legislative session. She is also a member of the House Committee on State Affairs.
Davis graduated from the University of Houston with a BS.
Yvonne Davis is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state’s 111st House district. She replaced previous state representative Jerald Henry Larry in 1993.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4282 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to the provision of residential services under the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program |
| HB 4279 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to the urban scholarship; enforcement and authorizing penalties |
| HB 4114 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to the salary schedules for regional planning commissions |
| HB 3992 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the salary schedules for regional planning commissions |
| HB 3991 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to misconduct by public school employees and to persons who must be listed in the registry of persons not eligible for employment in public schools |
| HB 3988 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to certain deferred retirement option plan benefits under public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities |
| HB 3987 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to certain distributions from deferred retirement option plans established under public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities |
| HB 3948 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the office of inspector general of certain municipalities |
| HB 3947 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations |
| HB 3843 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the regulation of assisted living facilities and referral of clients to the facilities by referral agencies; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 2921 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain local governments and airport governing boards |
| HB 2920 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the appointment of a special or temporary justice of the peace |
| HB 2919 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the suspension of a public school student for engaging in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school district |
