---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259; 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 Municipal Utility District No. 259; 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: "SB 2251"
citation: "Texas SB 2251 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "County Government--Roads (I0099)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 259 (D74AN)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous (I0797)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94893e97-9ade-4ecf-90f9-dbbe11a35a4c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2251.xml"
source_hash: "e5de92693807eb72cc60de743ad9a0a2cdd42e2a00c4787f6a5ba43435c8f2b5"
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 2251 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259; 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/SB02251I.HTM)
2. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02251S.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94893e97-9ade-4ecf-90f9-dbbe11a35a4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).