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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 74"
+citation: "Texas HB 74 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MAVERICK COUNTY (G0338)", "PUERTO VERDE PORT AUTHORITY DISTRICT (DU24E)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Harris", "Lujan", "McLaughlin", "Morales, Eddie"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7909b78-3d04-407a-8a14-c73fccfe548d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 74.xml"
+source_hash: "9d1a3b3eff27bbf6ea98703fe88dbe67ca07774ccc7be307e6425761eefad896"
+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 74 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
+
+## 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/HB00074I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00074E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00074H.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Lujan — primary (person)
+- McLaughlin — primary (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-01** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
+- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7909b78-3d04-407a-8a14-c73fccfe548d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+