---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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 Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5651"
citation: "Texas HB 5651 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 7 (D79FG)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668b0005-c224-4582-b1d1-67bf071d575a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5651.xml"
source_hash: "63a8c4512bb25690b5bb85059b3428672496d7be56fd1bae0b8e57537a301f35"
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 5651 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05651I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05651F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **81–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/668b0005-c224-4582-b1d1-67bf071d575a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).