---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Palangana Energy District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Palangana Energy District; 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: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5692"
citation: "Texas HB 5692 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DUVAL COUNTY (G0231)", "PALANGANA ENERGY DISTRICT (D29US)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-28"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59578300-2317-4d19-8b94-7fa15956a414"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5692.xml"
source_hash: "d26f73403d36b2a08cd0289d6a2d5791b4966d8a482b389cd153cb3f038b2619"
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 5692 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Palangana Energy District; 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05692I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** 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/59578300-2317-4d19-8b94-7fa15956a414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).