---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Blue Meadow Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; 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 Blue Meadow Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; 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: "87"
identifier: "HB 4591"
citation: "Texas HB 4591 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLUE MEADOW MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF COLLIN COUNTY (DF1YW)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanford", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d18ad47-30b3-4c3a-b93c-0a2f26f29314"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4591.xml"
source_hash: "34dfca564229424fca88484067e418bd61412d3d8ed644d01ff37d9ce33f9ed8"
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 4591 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Blue Meadow Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04591I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04591E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04591H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04591S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04591F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Sanford — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-28** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d18ad47-30b3-4c3a-b93c-0a2f26f29314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).