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TX HB 5688

enacted

Relating to the creation of the San Benito Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 5688 pass?

Yes. TX HB 5688 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 5688 about?

TX HB 5688 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the creation of the San Benito Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5688?

Lopez, Janie, Hinojosa, Adam are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5688.

Introduced
2025-04-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lopez, Janieprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-23

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-04-24

    Transmitted to the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-04-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-04-24

    Referred to Land & Resource Management

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-05-01

    Considered in public hearing

  6. 2025-05-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-05-01

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-05-02

    Considered in formal meeting

  9. 2025-05-02

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-05-02

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-05-07

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  14. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  15. 2025-05-10

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  16. 2025-05-10

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-10

    Passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-05-10

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-10

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-10

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-05-12

    Received from the House

    introduction

  26. 2025-05-19

    Recommendations filed with the Speaker

    filing

  27. 2025-05-21

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  30. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  35. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  42. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  44. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  45. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  47. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  48. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  50. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  51. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  52. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-10 · pass · 81-47

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alders: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Buckley: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Dean: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Lambert: no
    • Leach: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Orr: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Villalobos: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5688 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hall: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no
    • Sparks: no

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hall: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no
    • Sparks: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5688.xml

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