---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors for the Montgomery County Hospital District."
description: "Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors for the Montgomery County Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 977"
citation: "Texas HB 977 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (DV53Z)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf", "Toth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a218fb-8a4a-454d-96bc-d85621318b9d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 977.xml"
source_hash: "561d35c18ff5f2f27b849fded34806e58d399581f885518037fe7a59af70dd7c"
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 977 (87) — Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors for the Montgomery County Hospital District.

## 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/HB00977I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00977E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00977H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00977S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00977F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a218fb-8a4a-454d-96bc-d85621318b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).