---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 258; 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. 258; 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: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5652"
citation: "Texas HB 5652 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 258 (DX6QH)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89bd258f-b439-45ee-85b6-688e3e517ef1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5652.xml"
source_hash: "a3861ce3d9e556f7a9aabcdd60415f0a2dc8f130c2ce6e1f2edd37a4952df6a3"
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 5652 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 258; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05652I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05652E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05652H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05652S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05652F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-09** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/89bd258f-b439-45ee-85b6-688e3e517ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).