---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and operation of a development zone by and the tax revenue received by The Woodlands Township; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation and operation of a development zone by and the tax revenue received by The Woodlands Township; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2606"
citation: "Texas SB 2606 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "TOWN CENTER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (D28PA)", "WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP (D0956)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-12"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1871e050-f506-4fe8-ad3a-8b9702aeaeef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2606.xml"
source_hash: "16edb0131ac82321ffd12259260c746acf04a6b933dd40c4a0857a018d535c95"
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 SB 2606 (88) — Relating to the creation and operation of a development zone by and the tax revenue received by The Woodlands Township; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02606I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Rereferred to committee
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-17** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1871e050-f506-4fe8-ad3a-8b9702aeaeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).