---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District."
description: "Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5698"
citation: "Texas HB 5698 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "HARRIS-MONTGOMERY COUNTIES MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (DI4FL)", "SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (DC5BI)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a0c5b27-4cc1-432d-a6de-0eaa58d773c5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5698.xml"
source_hash: "8cca537d13c626691b486ad45d460b2c6ccf0ffeaedc9e663cf8b0764df92030"
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 5698 (89R) — Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05698I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05698E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05698H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05698S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05698F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** 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/5a0c5b27-4cc1-432d-a6de-0eaa58d773c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).