---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering the authority to issue bonds."
description: "Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering the authority to issue bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5669"
citation: "Texas HB 5669 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORT OF SABINE PASS (DD3R7)", "SABINE PASS PORT AUTHORITY (DW5JA)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phelan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-09"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dfa268c-ef9c-49ef-95dd-19ff51452403"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5669.xml"
source_hash: "185ec7fcebd731e6d20067faf3afc36133c4a2acd51a28b4c6eeb15a0917993e"
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 5669 (89R) — Relating to the name and powers of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; altering the terms of the authority's port commission; altering 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05669I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05669E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05669H.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **107–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phelan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-09** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-22** Received from the House `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dfa268c-ef9c-49ef-95dd-19ff51452403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).