republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-3140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 7; 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 Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 7; 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 3140"
citation: "Texas HB 3140 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS-WALLER COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5 (D303Q)", "HARRIS-WALLER COUNTIES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 7 (DV7RU)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0245435c-0ca4-4389-a0c6-f7b4ac263819"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3140.xml"
source_hash: "0778ed5690121dd0cdc135c840eabd614a160c07f49f5333b97353b11922fa3c"
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 3140 (87) — Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 7; 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/HB03140I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03140E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03140H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03140S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03140F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–48** (pass) · lower
- other — **100–48** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **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`
- **2021-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **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`
- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0245435c-0ca4-4389-a0c6-f7b4ac263819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).