---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566; 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566; 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 3442"
citation: "Texas HB 3442 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 566 (D1536)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb619cef-83ba-4eb0-9f3b-403ba3f722a8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3442.xml"
source_hash: "7b0b1290548e74f4e98207c24cef0b77a7e5d630c4da5537bcbddac7af5a295b"
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 3442 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566; 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/HB03442I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — 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`
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb619cef-83ba-4eb0-9f3b-403ba3f722a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).