---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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 the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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: "88"
identifier: "SB 2608"
citation: "Texas SB 2608 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARTINDALE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF CALDWELL COUNTY (D36XZ)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zaffirini"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-17"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5ad8a7-5685-49d0-8188-2787fe6e9db1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2608.xml"
source_hash: "4187be74b31de1d539bf066e019b47661205a9f7d8f44bebfe7abe509ecfb8e3"
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 2608 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02608I.HTM)
2. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02608S.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-01** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **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/cf5ad8a7-5685-49d0-8188-2787fe6e9db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).