---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5341"
citation: "Texas HB 5341 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAKE HOUSTON DREDGING & MAINTENANCE DISTRICT (DP7PH)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d0878aa-7a7a-4cfc-82ad-3ee3c5212c89"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5341.xml"
source_hash: "532f8ef0b56e9717e0ca0dbdddc71e571612267314a3e18ca3c31e317444f8f2"
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 5341 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds.

## 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/HB05341I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d0878aa-7a7a-4cfc-82ad-3ee3c5212c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).