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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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 Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 5651"
+citation: "Texas HB 5651 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 7 (D79FG)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-19"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668b0005-c224-4582-b1d1-67bf071d575a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5651.xml"
+source_hash: "63a8c4512bb25690b5bb85059b3428672496d7be56fd1bae0b8e57537a301f35"
+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 5651 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05651I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **81–47** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/668b0005-c224-4582-b1d1-67bf071d575a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+