---
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: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5004"
citation: "Texas HB 5004 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS (S6060)", "Elections--Initiative", "Referendum & Recall (I0300)", "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: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f363a3-e0a2-4543-ab45-7db69d345bed"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05000_HB05099/HB 5004.xml"
source_hash: "5f41d6bf30cdac70918a14b5b5585098bf3acbd7d8dd04ca743bef1062acdedf"
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 5004 (89R) — 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05004I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** 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/02f363a3-e0a2-4543-ab45-7db69d345bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).