---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5686"
citation: "Texas HB 5686 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3 (DX8KV)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c8e64bf-18be-424c-994e-14dec966c7a8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5686.xml"
source_hash: "38a12f46097a3fb894d9125f58837710d527aab94006fbe8d76256dc86f1edbf"
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 5686 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; 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/HB05686I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05686E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05686H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05686S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05686F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **106–36** (pass) · lower
- passage — **98–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/0c8e64bf-18be-424c-994e-14dec966c7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).