republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-1563.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system."
description: "Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1563"
citation: "Texas SB 1563 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia, Josey", "Lowe", "Menéndez", "Plesa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfa17799-149e-4a4d-a344-ed16b9ea3b6c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1563.xml"
source_hash: "efa5f013c504ecbe5ffe6b58e707ec233baf61106f24563cafa51ba4ecd8aa61"
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 1563 (89R) — Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.

## 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/SB01563I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01563E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01563H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01563S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01563F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **80–64** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1563 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **96–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia, Josey — primary (person)
- Lowe — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-02** Record vote
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Record vote
- **2025-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-05-16** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-27** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **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 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/cfa17799-149e-4a4d-a344-ed16b9ea3b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).