---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; 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. 568; 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: "SB 2449"
citation: "Texas SB 2449 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 568 (D1563)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d568dd3-61f3-47aa-9c2f-d04df305b323"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2449.xml"
source_hash: "7062ebf2a424163e2a045b0e1ad048e7f96ebc4dfff3bd47a58674476f21e786"
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 SB 2449 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; 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/SB02449I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Recommendations filed with the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d568dd3-61f3-47aa-9c2f-d04df305b323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).