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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; 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 Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; 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: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 5655"
+citation: "Texas HB 5655 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 13 (DG34S)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gates", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-25"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5b9d09-4ff1-4039-a9a4-0f6f8a8bb602"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5655.xml"
+source_hash: "db4eb212945ebe29a7a7041eaf10dc20c0eb122a08dd85edb8df9e3f8b1f8efa"
+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 5655 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05655I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05655E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05655H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05655S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05655F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **93–48** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gates — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-27** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2025-05-21** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-21** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Record vote
+- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-22** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-25** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-27** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2025-06-20** 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/bc5b9d09-4ff1-4039-a9a4-0f6f8a8bb602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+