---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Waller County Improvement District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Waller County Improvement District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5685"
citation: "Texas HB 5685 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "WALLER COUNTY (GS26C)", "WALLER COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3 (DK57E)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitzman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be417a3-1eae-450e-9550-9fab3d13717a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5685.xml"
source_hash: "f1766c9e7176149990e98b9d5c64ba28102a3139a1783a558459b61283443bfb"
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 5685 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Waller County Improvement District No. 3; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05685I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05685H.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kitzman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** 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/8be417a3-1eae-450e-9550-9fab3d13717a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).