Alma Allen, Texas State Representative of 131st District (R) | https://www.houstonvotersguide.org/2024-nov/alma-allen
Alma Allen, Texas State Representative of 131st District (R) | https://www.houstonvotersguide.org/2024-nov/alma-allen
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Teacher Retirement System of Texas by introducing a one-time 10% increase to monthly service, disability, and death benefits, and a four percent annual cost-of-living adjustment to these monthly payments starting Sept. 1, 2025. Additionally, it mandates a supplemental payment in January 2026, equal to the greater of $2,000 or the December 2025 annuity, for eligible annuitants whose retirement or beneficiary status was established before Sept. 1, 2024. The supplemental payment will be disbursed along with regular annuity payments and is exempt from certain legal forfeiture provisions, though it excludes specific disability and survivor annuities as defined by relevant sections of the Government Code. The Teacher Retirement System will determine eligibility and can finance the supplemental payment through appropriate accounts. The Act comes into effect on September 1, 2025.
Alma Allen, member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another six bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Allen graduated from Texas Southern University with a BS.
Alma Allen is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 131st House district. She replaced previous state representative Ronald R. "Ron" Wilson in 2005.
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 2296 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to eligibility requirements to obtain a pass for expedited access to the State Capitol |
| HB 2292 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
| HB 1416 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to program accessibility for female inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| HB 1415 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to corporal punishment in public schools |
| HB 1413 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees |
| HB 1412 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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