---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5359"
citation: "Texas HB 5359 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (DT6PV)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Harris, Caroline", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed7d1ec-aa0d-46e0-ba42-823b13a424fa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5359.xml"
source_hash: "c6a3d46fcc74f34e13d83b3dd958ddb792017da29e72afb1010f90a47adbbf2c"
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 5359 (88) — Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Development District No. 1; 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/88R/billtext/html/HB05359I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05359E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05359H.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **105–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ed7d1ec-aa0d-46e0-ba42-823b13a424fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).