Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
SB 3048 creates the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1, a special district in the Bluebonnet Hills area near Midlothian, Texas. The bill grants the district authority to issue bonds for infrastructure, collect property assessments and fees, and use limited eminent domain powers to acquire land for development. It directly affects property owners within the district boundaries by subjecting them to these financial obligations. The district’s purpose is to promote economic development, employment, housing, and public services - supplementing but not replacing city services in the area. The bill establishes a governing board and defines the district’s public purpose under Texas constitutional provisions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 16, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Jun 1, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized from its engrossed version to the enrolled version, which is the final form ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive content of the legislation remains unchanged, with the primary differences being formatting corrections, removal of draft annotations, and standardization of section numbering and spacing.
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Removed draft annotations and placeholder text (such as "AABirdwell" and "A BILL TO BE ENTITLED") that were present in the engrossed version but not in the final enrolled text.
Standardized section numbering and formatting throughout the document, replacing inconsistent spacing and draft-style markers with clean, official legislative formatting.
Corrected minor text inconsistencies, such as changing "AASubtitle" to "Subtitle" and ensuring consistent use of section headers and definitions.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage reported
upper
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 21, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
May 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs
lower
May 16, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
May 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Signed into law
Transmitted to the Governor
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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