---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 231; 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 231; 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: "86"
identifier: "HB 3422"
citation: "Texas HB 3422 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 231 (D1534)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Stephenson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be0852ad-69ae-4324-8a02-4c5a7243b0b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3422.xml"
source_hash: "652255494326294004b95f4ed662a54118da51d4c1bd9809c96be64affb5f318"
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 3422 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 231; 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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03422I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be0852ad-69ae-4324-8a02-4c5a7243b0b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).