---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a grant program to promote educational engagement with Texas history."
description: "Relating to the creation of a grant program to promote educational engagement with Texas history."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 519"
citation: "Texas SB 519 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c63b50-1e97-4088-9c94-09a12af5f178"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 519.xml"
source_hash: "f53a032290f012054ba2d4049171d33bb082ef1b5c64f33201db24976458adca"
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 519 (89R) — Relating to the creation of a grant program to promote educational engagement with Texas history.

## 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/SB00519I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00519E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00519H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00519S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00519F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-08** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c63b50-1e97-4088-9c94-09a12af5f178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).