republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-5699.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 to exclude territory; validating and confirming all previous acts of the district."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 to exclude territory; validating and confirming all previous acts of the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5699"
citation: "Texas HB 5699 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 405 (D38BA)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Schofield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f1ac552-a82c-4421-9088-8401edf4a55a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5699.xml"
source_hash: "49682091cb6212a0a721bae822738e0d6740b81a19fe8d016e80dcd137cb55ac"
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 5699 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 to exclude territory; validating and confirming all previous acts of the district.

## 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/HB05699I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05699E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05699H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05699S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05699F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5699 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5699 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-16** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **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
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 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/5f1ac552-a82c-4421-9088-8401edf4a55a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).