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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5648"
citation: "Texas HB 5648 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 13 (DG34S)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist. (I0012)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gates"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d5ec0e-0ba5-4009-a4ce-a7334285e401"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05600_HB05699/HB 5648.xml"
source_hash: "5161d0c60cccf2d085d3dee91eab63723e6623fef10afe3b5e7e640efd38a96a"
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 5648 (89R) — Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; 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/HB05648I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Gates — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26** Recommendations filed with the Speaker `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38d5ec0e-0ba5-4009-a4ce-a7334285e401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).