---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 3048"
citation: "Texas SB 3048 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLUEBONNET HILLS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (DE3SU)", "MIDLOTHIAN", "CITY OF (GX3P5)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f843d6e-11f4-42f3-abe8-23ed282d73fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB03000_SB03099/SB 3048.xml"
source_hash: "67b5677680c275cbf7e2c7a2adbd04d059c996e1454203b968d239bd6082a088"
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 3048 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

## 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/SB03048I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03048E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03048H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03048S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB03048F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Recommendations filed with the Senate `filing`
- **2025-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-16** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/7f843d6e-11f4-42f3-abe8-23ed282d73fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).