---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishment of the temporary certified and insured prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to establishment of the temporary certified and insured prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2563"
citation: "Texas HB 2563 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BURNING & INCINERATORS (S0262)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (U0213)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb95104-b6cc-4905-8c5a-777db3c961b4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2563.xml"
source_hash: "b5fd5bf647dc776ee6e017e763d780555b3005f669de94cf82aa0b209c24da7a"
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 HB 2563 (89R) — Relating to establishment of the temporary certified and insured prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool; authorizing a fee.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02563I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02563E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02563H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02563S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02563F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb95104-b6cc-4905-8c5a-777db3c961b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).