---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reporting of information about the use of federal money for flood research, planning, and mitigation projects."
description: "Relating to the reporting of information about the use of federal money for flood research, planning, and mitigation projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "Texas SB 563 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Water--Development (I0875)", "Water--General (I0885)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/776736e1-bf15-4068-bff2-8dead95c5fa3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 563.xml"
source_hash: "3f46011a5f8e4f1b0e2dd2fb9ed51fca144bc7a5bf559cd52fcfdc771c8934e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 563 (86) — Relating to the reporting of information about the use of federal money for flood research, planning, and mitigation projects.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00563I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Record vote
- **2019-03-20** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Postponed
- **2019-05-21** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/776736e1-bf15-4068-bff2-8dead95c5fa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).