---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to financing of recreational facilities by the Charterwood Municipal Utility District of Harris County; providing authority to issue bonds."
description: "Relating to financing of recreational facilities by the Charterwood Municipal Utility District of Harris County; providing authority to issue bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1488"
citation: "Texas HB 1488 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERWOOD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY (D1489)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "BONDS (S6060)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Harless"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69a4cc4a-6857-428e-8632-3b74d6f674f8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1488.xml"
source_hash: "cb2ac5c457b68c230155f996ba8e9741d9305e13a97b3c3e92b0cb1060cbba32"
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 1488 (86) — Relating to financing of recreational facilities by the Charterwood Municipal Utility District of Harris County; providing authority to issue bonds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01488I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-23** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-05-27** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69a4cc4a-6857-428e-8632-3b74d6f674f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).