---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District and the transfer to it of the assets, programs, and facilities of the Harris County Toll Road Authority; providing for the appointment of the governing body."
description: "Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District and the transfer to it of the assets, programs, and facilities of the Harris County Toll Road Authority; providing for the appointment of the governing body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5338"
citation: "Texas HB 5338 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GULF COAST RESILIENCY DISTRICT (DG46M)", "Governor (I0375)", "HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT (D0424)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "TOLL ROADS & TOLL BRIDGES (S1090)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Hull", "Oliverson", "Paul", "Schofield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f67869-9880-4716-b01c-fc4b7bc340d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5338.xml"
source_hash: "9c41434c307f77aa47aa4f67e18900156c593b8351b48c8c713b81889eac1fc0"
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 5338 (88) — Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District and the transfer to it of the assets, programs, and facilities of the Harris County Toll Road Authority; providing for the appointment of the governing body.

## 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/HB05338I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** 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/a3f67869-9880-4716-b01c-fc4b7bc340d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).