---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District."
description: "Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5397"
citation: "Texas HB 5397 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["3 B&J MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (DD96E)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 51 (DB4NO)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schwertner", "Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-20"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7749870d-4e59-4fbc-9009-7f570e3e4b0d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5397.xml"
source_hash: "8e5e123ce6de4933b14eef94cd95f860dd95a1b1751ad88c8d3f21a33403860e"
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 5397 (88) — Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District.

## 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/HB05397I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05397E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05397H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05397S.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **103–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Removed from local & uncontested calendar

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7749870d-4e59-4fbc-9009-7f570e3e4b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).