---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5351"
citation: "Texas HB 5351 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIBERTY COUNTY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 (DU0HD)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdc862f5-04a4-48cc-aa1a-3cf5b116293f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5351.xml"
source_hash: "1ca6515e93e798e3dc4908b5ba9a04660103778019740e148f4d086606f4394e"
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 5351 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Management District No. 2; 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/HB05351I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05351H.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bailes — 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 County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-11** Companion considered in lieu of
- **2023-05-11** Laid on the table subject to call `deferral`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdc862f5-04a4-48cc-aa1a-3cf5b116293f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).