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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage; the creation of certain special purpose districts and the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
+description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage; the creation of certain special purpose districts and the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 5344"
+citation: "Texas HB 5344 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["3 B&J MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (DD96E)", "DEER CREEK RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (DA9HS)", "DENTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 (DP2IA)", "JARRELL ESTATES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 (DP07Z)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 236 (DR59F)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 49 (DK0V6)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 51 (DB4NO)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Creighton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 73
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-04-05"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c50e57b-4a38-460f-968e-427bc8ae6d10"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5344.xml"
+source_hash: "593802364473d312e82af976793074f79ecce20a0db33c0aa2999e11b231a961"
+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 5344 (88) — Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage; the creation of certain special purpose districts and the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB05344I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05344E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05344H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05344S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05344F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **119–21** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **119–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-10** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
+- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2023-06-13** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c50e57b-4a38-460f-968e-427bc8ae6d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+