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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 597; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 597; 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 5347"
+citation: "Texas HB 5347 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 597 (D42SS)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-05"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45fb266f-89f9-4077-99a8-da1ba2fbf0ea"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5347.xml"
+source_hash: "641550525cd6ec8858620dd80c54a3485c53b5b1ff00ac781e79349e1699fb69"
+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 5347 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 597; 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/HB05347I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05347E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05347H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05347S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05347F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **110–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-10** 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`
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-21** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-05** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
+- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-11** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2023-06-11** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45fb266f-89f9-4077-99a8-da1ba2fbf0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+