---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Chambers County Municipal Utility District No. 3; 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 Chambers County Municipal Utility District No. 3; 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 4673"
citation: "Texas HB 4673 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAMBERS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3 (D1586)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Creighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e261fefc-0547-4553-b525-e651a8ffd828"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4673.xml"
source_hash: "0dbc3d9ce7da8c193578aea64c0e9ad91c7f589a487350569c9f70dffff7dbac"
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 4673 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Chambers County Municipal Utility District No. 3; 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/HB04673I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **116–20** (pass) · lower
- other — **133–5** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-27** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** 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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-22** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-22** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House discharges conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e261fefc-0547-4553-b525-e651a8ffd828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).