---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; 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: "88"
identifier: "SB 2597"
citation: "Texas SB 2597 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 237 (DI7AL)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd1fb54-6508-47e2-9ade-359da6b314a8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2597.xml"
source_hash: "b4f68e4ed852d01913fd01fc7ad1b9db70d60fddee21f56629b32def7dcaf11f"
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 2597 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02597I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02597E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02597H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02597S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02597F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **105–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-03** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-24** Objections withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-16** Vetoed by the Governor `executive-veto`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd1fb54-6508-47e2-9ade-359da6b314a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).