---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Fannin Farms Municipal Utility District of Fannin County; 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 Fannin Farms Municipal Utility District of Fannin County; 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 2609"
citation: "Texas SB 2609 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FANNIN FARMS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF FANNIN COUNTY (DS6YW)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e30f722-5244-4158-bf27-3cf2db7e5757"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2609.xml"
source_hash: "7da43ea491129456be921c716fa47a98b5793b2604796106fe8eecac5389e2ce"
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 2609 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Fannin Farms Municipal Utility District of Fannin County; 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/SB02609I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02609E.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02609S.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** 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/6e30f722-5244-4158-bf27-3cf2db7e5757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).