---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5694"
citation: "Texas HB 5694 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FANNIN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (DL72O)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Luther"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-29"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351deae5-efc9-4900-9a84-0d452e415f2f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5694.xml"
source_hash: "7b408501eff02c9d140059187f44a779d287bd2baff2d50cef2235a20281e644"
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 5694 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement 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/89R/billtext/html/HB05694I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05694E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05694H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05694S.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **86–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Luther — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-29** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-06** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Removed from local & uncontested calendar

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/351deae5-efc9-4900-9a84-0d452e415f2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).