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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; 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 Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; 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 5666"
citation: "Texas HB 5666 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "FENSKE ROAD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY (DQ4PO)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06ce2b0c-85bf-4bca-bbf3-6f5092d863fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5666.xml"
source_hash: "09a3ee65b3831f79321760824d2fab35650d2f98b7797f3846cf6f4901292c75"
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 5666 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; 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/HB05666I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05666E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05666H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05666S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05666F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **93–44** (pass) · upper
- passage — **101–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 5666 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **93–44** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **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
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06ce2b0c-85bf-4bca-bbf3-6f5092d863fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).