---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to approval by voters prior to the issuance of revenue bonds by the San Jacinto River Authority."
description: "Relating to approval by voters prior to the issuance of revenue bonds by the San Jacinto River Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2911"
citation: "Texas HB 2911 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY (D0246)", "Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities (I0011)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4705e0be-8dc8-4642-bb2e-7c6344faf641"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2911.xml"
source_hash: "be5c5854bd4bbc68eca6cce57e452e5dda90227b68a47ce526316f48bb3ac2e2"
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 2911 (88) — Relating to approval by voters prior to the issuance of revenue bonds by the San Jacinto River Authority.

## 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/HB02911I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** 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/4705e0be-8dc8-4642-bb2e-7c6344faf641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).