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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 74"
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citation: "Texas HB 74 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MAVERICK COUNTY (G0338)", "PUERTO VERDE PORT AUTHORITY DISTRICT (DU24E)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Harris", "Lujan", "McLaughlin", "Morales, Eddie"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-31"
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last_action: "2025-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7909b78-3d04-407a-8a14-c73fccfe548d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 74.xml"
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source_hash: "9d1a3b3eff27bbf6ea98703fe88dbe67ca07774ccc7be307e6425761eefad896"
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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 74 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00074I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00074E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00074H.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Harris — primary (person)
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- Lujan — primary (person)
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- McLaughlin — primary (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
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- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Canales — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
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- Romero — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Walle — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-31** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-01** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
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- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Record vote
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- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-12** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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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/c7909b78-3d04-407a-8a14-c73fccfe548d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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