---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5336"
citation: "Texas HB 5336 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BRAZOS RIVER (G0038)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "GULF OF MEXICO (G4223)", "PLATTING (S0285)", "PORT FREEPORT (DN430)", "REINVESTMENT ZONES (S0342)", "Water--Navigation & Ports (I0880)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Thompson, Ed", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac9f3ee9-c666-4aca-b2da-0b3b0c72bf7e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5336.xml"
source_hash: "7ea98a89a91898b760150088dcd11703aaaf4f1ab5d61bb04995bdaf80ef2cec"
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 5336 (88) — Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport.

## 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/HB05336I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05336E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05336H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05336S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05336F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-13** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac9f3ee9-c666-4aca-b2da-0b3b0c72bf7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).