---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the East Montgomery County Improvement District to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project."
description: "Relating to the authority of the East Montgomery County Improvement District to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5321"
citation: "Texas HB 5321 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (DB42E)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Taxation--Hotel", "Motel Occupancy (I0806)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bell, Cecil"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/644aa04f-fa5b-4091-aad2-a1f2c24f85b6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5321.xml"
source_hash: "1495cfc5d0e36a7aa49b081a605a7dba5e7bdfd0f49a53d65e87dd33591aef0c"
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 5321 (88) — Relating to the authority of the East Montgomery County Improvement District to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

## 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/HB05321I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05321E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05321H.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to County Affairs `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
- **2023-04-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of 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** 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`
- **2023-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Left pending in committee

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/644aa04f-fa5b-4091-aad2-a1f2c24f85b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).