---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Llano Historic Railroad Authority; providing authority to impose fees."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Llano Historic Railroad Authority; providing authority to impose fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5702"
citation: "Texas HB 5702 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "LLANO COUNTY (G482W)", "LLANO HISTORIC RAILROAD AUTHORITY (DN38U)", "LLANO", "CITY OF (G0523)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)", "Transportation--Railroads (I0821)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virdell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f41e756-6bf8-42a4-94ed-64317929a17e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05700_HB05799/HB 5702.xml"
source_hash: "509ddbc004e25be5be699010820449df3971974da3f65ce7c3de0b388f8c6b5c"
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 5702 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Llano Historic Railroad Authority; 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/HB05702I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Virdell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-10** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** 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/4f41e756-6bf8-42a4-94ed-64317929a17e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).