Monitoring the Session

HB 3810

bill dissolves the Rose City Municipal Utility District

Became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Daniel AldersRHouse 6

Initial review · graded Oct 22, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility District.

Caption from analyzed text · version E.

Summary

Directors wind up affairs and file the papers. Goodbye, Rose City.

The bill orders the directors of the Rose City Municipal Utility District to wind up the district's affairs and file dissolution papers with the state environmental agency. It touches that one district, its board and the people who live inside it. Sixty days after the law takes effect the district ceases to exist and the directors' terms end, and the next day the district's governing law is repealed.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3810 · 2025-03-05

SOLD BY

Rep. Daniel AldersRHouse 6

ITEM

relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility District.

WHAT IT DOES

Directors wind up affairs and file the papers. Goodbye, Rose City.

The bill orders the directors of the Rose City Municipal Utility District to wind up the district's affairs and file dissolution papers with the state environmental agency. It touches that one district, its board and the people who live inside it. Sixty days after the law takes effect the district ceases to exist and the directors' terms end, and the next day the district's governing law is repealed.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Transmitted to the Governor
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Land & Resource Management
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
  11. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  15. Recommendations filed with the Speaker
  16. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  17. Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  18. Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
  19. Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
  20. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  21. Transferred to Calendars Committee
  22. Committee report sent to Calendars
  23. Considered in Calendars
  24. Placed on General State Calendar
  25. Read 2nd time
  26. Passed to engrossment
  27. Record vote RV#916
  28. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  29. Read 3rd time
  30. Passed
  31. Record vote RV#1054
  32. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  33. Reported engrossed
  34. Received from the House
  35. Read first time
  36. Referred to Local Government
  37. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  38. Considered in public hearing
  39. Vote taken in committee
  40. Reported favorably w/o amendments
  41. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  42. Committee report printed and distributed
  43. Placed on intent calendar
  44. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  45. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  46. Vote recorded in Journal
  47. Three day rule suspended
  48. Record vote
  49. Read 3rd time
  50. Passed
  51. Record vote
  52. Senate passage reported
  53. Reported enrolled
  54. Signed in the House
  55. Signed in the Senate
  56. Sent to the Governor
  57. Signed by the Governor
  58. See remarks for effective date
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 133 yea · 0 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 30, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 20, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Daniel Alders

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$35KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$15KJames Perkins$15,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$35,275.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$35,275.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$275.00
Total
$35,275.00
fundraiser $275.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989514, 101008114, 101031097, 101071763.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$15,225.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$15,225.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$225.00
Total
$15,225.00
advertising $125.00media $100.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989514, 101008114, 101031097, 101068278, 101071763.

James Perkins$15,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$35,275.00

Cash
$35,000.00
Paid by others
$275.00
Total
$35,275.00
fundraiser $275.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989514, 101008114, 101031097, 101071763.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$15,225.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$225.00
Total
$15,225.00
advertising $125.00media $100.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989514, 101008114, 101031097, 101068278, 101071763.

Votes5

Senate May 20, 2025

Yea
31
Nay
0
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Hughes moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3810 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 31 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 20, 2025

Yea
31
Nay
0
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Hughes moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3810 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 31 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 20, 2025

Yea
Not printed
Nay
Not printed
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: Not printed
  • Nay: Not printed
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 30, 2025

Yea
133
Nay
0
Present, not voting
3
Absent
2
Excused
12
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1054

HB 3810 was passed by (Record 1054): 133 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 133 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 3 (published)
  • Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 12 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 29, 2025

Yea
147
Nay
0
Present, not voting
2
Absent
1
Excused
0
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 916

HB 3810 was passed to engrossment by (Record 916): 147 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 147 (published)
  • Nay: 0 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses4
For
3
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • Liberty Utiliities1 registration
  • Liberty Utilities, Inc1 registration
  • Self1 registration

On

  • Self1 registration
Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version E by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 5, 2025

06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed · Senate Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Sponsors
Bryan HughesRSenate 1

House committee · Land & Resource Management · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Local Government · Committee vote 5 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1808 by Hughes (identical)

Subjects

ROSE CITY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (DS1Q9)

Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts

Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility

Text

The text as introduced · 330 words

89R11325 SCR-D

By: Alders
H.B. No. 3810

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility

District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) The directors of the Rose City Municipal

Utility District shall wind up the affairs of the district,

including by filing any required dissolution documents with the

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(b) On the 60th day after the effective date of this Act:

(1) the Rose City Municipal Utility District is

dissolved; and

(2) the terms of the directors of the district expire.

SECTION 2. Effective on the 61st day after the effective

date of this Act, Chapter 7958, Special District Local Laws Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to

introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this

Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a

copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,

officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished

under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,

Government Code.

(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has

submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality.

(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed

its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the

lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of

representatives within the required time.

(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this

state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect

to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled

and accomplished.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.