TX HB 3045

died on adjournment

Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 3045 pass?

No. TX HB 3045 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Referred to Finance

What is TX HB 3045 about?

TX HB 3045 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3045?

Curry, Gerdes, Hinojosa, Adam are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3045, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-20
Latest action: 2025-05-12 — Referred to Finance
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-19
Filed
filing
2025-03-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-20
Referred to Ways & Means
referral-committee
2025-04-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-07
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-07
Left pending in committee
2025-04-24
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-24
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-24
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-30
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-30
Committee report distributed
2025-05-01
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-05
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-07
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-07
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-07
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-08
Passed
passage
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-12
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-12
Referred to Finance
referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 76-61
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leach: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cain: no
- Capriglione: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Hopper: no
- Howard: no
- Hull: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Fischer: no
- Metcalf: no
- Meza: no
- Money: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morgan: no
- Muñoz: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Phelan: no
- Pierson: no
- Reynolds: no
- Richardson: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shofner: no
- Simmons: no
- Spiller: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Vo: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C): not voting
- Morales Sha: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Kitzman: absent
- Orr: absent
- Wall: absent
- Bumgarner: absent
- Campos: absent
- Cole: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Perez, V: absent
other
2025-05-08 · fail · 73-74

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 1731

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3045.xml

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