---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Open R Fresh Water Supply District of Caldwell County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the Open R Fresh Water Supply District of Caldwell County; 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: "88"
identifier: "HB 5368"
citation: "Texas HB 5368 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPEN R FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT OF CALDWELL COUNTY (DE3SW)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aec2619-24c5-446b-bd2d-8f82c02d6715"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5368.xml"
source_hash: "6111f7fd06530a0b71e6e0ea805d909c7d1edca24d681ca5f2ce124992b79301"
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 5368 (88) — Relating to the Open R Fresh Water Supply District of Caldwell County; 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/88R/billtext/html/HB05368I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **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 w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** 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/7aec2619-24c5-446b-bd2d-8f82c02d6715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).