HB 1057 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers.

HB 1057 increases salary and retirement benefits for certified career or technology education teachers in Texas public schools. The bill amends state law to allow these teachers to count up to five years of relevant work experience in their field (up from two years) toward both their salary step placement and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System. This change directly affects career/tech teachers who have industry experience before teaching, enabling them to advance faster in salary and retirement benefits. The policy takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action May 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 13, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up during its legislative journey from introduction to engrossed version. The substantive policy content remains unchanged - it still provides salary step credit and retirement service credit for career and technology education teachers based on their work experience, with the same eligibility requirements, effective dates, and two-thirds vote provision for immediate effect.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and cleanup changes were made
TECHNICAL

Removed formatting artifacts and page markers that were present in the original introduced version

Added header information including bill number, sponsor names, and revision identifiers

Reorganized text layout from single-spaced with page numbers to proper legislative formatting with section headers

Floor votes · House May 12, 2025

How they voted

11525
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 145
May 12, 2025
D Democratic59
57 Yea 1 Nay 1
96% Yea
R Republican86
58 Yea 24 Nay 4
67% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
11
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 16, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on Academic & Career-Oriented Education by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
6 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors