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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the board of directors and duties of the Gulf Coast Protection District."
description: "Relating to the board of directors and duties of the Gulf Coast Protection District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5409"
citation: "Texas HB 5409 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT (DO6XQ)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Huffman", "Paul", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-24"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e32ff6-7a04-45d1-a575-8e99e5e900ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05400_HB05499/HB 5409.xml"
source_hash: "d51f2b092fc7c342a1f47689b3582826e2bb1a5c5c47af96b1e931bb57af8310"
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 5409 (88) — Relating to the board of directors and duties of the Gulf Coast Protection District.
## 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/HB05409I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05409E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05409H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05409S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05409F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12614** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 5409 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cain — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord 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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e32ff6-7a04-45d1-a575-8e99e5e900ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).