---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of certain municipal utility districts; 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 certain municipal utility districts; 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: "87"
identifier: "HB 4627"
citation: "Texas HB 4627 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUSTIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (DG8E1)", "CLEAR SKY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF COOKE COUNTY (DN3ET)", "CLEAR SKY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF DENTON COUNTY (DG3MA)", "EAST COLLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (DI2A1)", "FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 232 (DO475)", "HIGH POINTE RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DENTON COUNTY (DJ43E)", "MUSTANG RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DENTON COUNTY (D29X3)", "MUSTANG RIDGE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (DG1IU)", "NORTHWEST DENTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (D53X6)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "UPTOWN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF COLLIN COUNTY (DP0AV)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanford", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-12"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72695954-f882-4788-a750-0a8eecab4cf8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4627.xml"
source_hash: "9035352e8bd3c1f38c7a23af3146f77b71906c5795f499e52ad681acc652b3ce"
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 4627 (87) — Relating to the creation of certain municipal utility districts; 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/87R/billtext/html/HB04627I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04627E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04627H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04627S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04627F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **94–53** (pass) · lower
- other — **94–53** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanford — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-28** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-27** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-15** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72695954-f882-4788-a750-0a8eecab4cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).