---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creating the Northern Cameron and Willacy County Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees."
description: "Relating to creating the Northern Cameron and Willacy County Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5375"
citation: "Texas HB 5375 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMERON COUNTY (G0119)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "NORTHERN CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY (D26EF)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "WILLACY COUNTY (G0506)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Janie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a118a4a6-caab-4551-93af-e499c10c9754"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05300_HB05399/HB 5375.xml"
source_hash: "4a3424eca7b19aed02a8a1716d6fb79804ab2e18b3ac4a3194c46b58738a7ff6"
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 5375 (89R) — Relating to creating the Northern Cameron and Willacy County Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees.

## 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/HB05375I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** 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/a118a4a6-caab-4551-93af-e499c10c9754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).