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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the Liberty Grand Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the Liberty Grand Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 2979"
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citation: "Texas HB 2979 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LIBERTY GRAND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (D1520)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Nichols"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-03-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb302e0d-1686-48d1-bca0-bd3d7f387d5a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2979.xml"
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source_hash: "03b4fc1f85a27c9fd910f44308cc4dda4f8ce092650338f789fffb9128d8edd8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2979 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Liberty Grand Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02979I.HTM)
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## Sponsors
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- Bailes — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-05** Transmitted to the Governor
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- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-12** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
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- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-12** Record vote
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- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-16** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-15** Record vote
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- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb302e0d-1686-48d1-bca0-bd3d7f387d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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