republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-4609.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 40; 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 Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 40; 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: "87"
identifier: "HB 4609"
citation: "Texas HB 4609 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 40 (DN1FH)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b4a33ec-d689-4814-ba13-b6925076ea3d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4609.xml"
source_hash: "c8aaf506eca5dff89fd20db6f84b4e59a60f483fa8baded84e1925e93b2c8048"
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 4609 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 40; 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/87R/billtext/html/HB04609I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04609E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04609H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04609S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04609F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **97–50** (fail) · upper
- passage — **97–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b4a33ec-d689-4814-ba13-b6925076ea3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).