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TX HB4807

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dennis Paul

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires public retirement systems, investment managers, and proxy advisors to consider only financial factors when making investment decisions, prohibiting actions that further social, political, or ideological interests

  • Mandates that contracts with investment managers and proxy advisors include provisions requiring decisions based solely on financial factors and prohibiting non-financial considerations in investment and proxy voting activities

  • Requires public retirement systems to publicly post proxy voting intentions at least 24 hours before votes are cast and submit annual reports on proxy votes to the State Pension Review Board

  • Public retirement systems with over $100 million in assets must submit annual reports detailing investment relationships, including fund names, investment amounts, fees paid, and rates of return

  • Allows public retirement systems to seek injunctions against investment managers or proxy advisors who breach required contract provisions, with courts able to award attorney's fees to prevailing parties

Legislative Description

Relating to the fiduciary responsibility of the governing body of the public retirement systems in this state and the investment managers and proxy advisors acting on behalf of those systems.

Courts

Last Action

Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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