---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District."
description: "Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2989"
citation: "Texas HB 2989 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEDAR PORT NAVIGATION & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (D56KH)", "CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (DO8DX)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Wilson", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b108e3bc-8e4e-4c83-a93d-d9a512396746"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2989.xml"
source_hash: "762eb308000ba12932f23bde374d0a37a0bae2c751e9e630b6e579c005fdc263"
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 2989 (89R) — Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement 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/HB02989I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02989H.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Postponed
- **2025-05-01** Companion considered in lieu of
- **2025-05-01** Laid on the table subject to call `deferral`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b108e3bc-8e4e-4c83-a93d-d9a512396746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).