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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 2603"
+citation: "Texas SB 2603 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 216 (DB4E3)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3aaca6-d408-4588-aaf9-070123312cf1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2603.xml"
+source_hash: "b237347ad2c14df2177158f2fbcf57a0b73569290cdc5f79026fb076585bb276"
+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 2603 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02603I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02603E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02603H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02603S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02603F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **109–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-04-12** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-16** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
+- **2023-05-23** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2023-05-23** Effective on 1/1/24 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3aaca6-d408-4588-aaf9-070123312cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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