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TX HB 5246

enacted

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 5246 pass?

Yes. TX HB 5246 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 5246 about?

TX HB 5246 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5246?

Bonnen, Huffman are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5246, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bonnenprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Campbellcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-16

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-16

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-17

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-17

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-24

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-24

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-01

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-05-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-02

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-02

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-02

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  25. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  28. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-21

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  32. 2025-05-21

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-22

    Co-sponsor authorized

  34. 2025-05-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  35. 2025-05-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  36. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-23

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-23

    Three day rule suspended

  40. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-24

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-24

    Senate Amendments distributed

  46. 2025-05-24

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  47. 2025-05-27

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  48. 2025-05-27

    House requests conference committee

  49. 2025-05-27

    House appoints conferees

  50. 2025-05-27

    House refuses to concur-reported

  51. 2025-05-27

    House requests conference committee-reported

  52. 2025-05-27

    House appoints conferees-reported

  53. 2025-05-28

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  54. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees

  55. 2025-05-28

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  56. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  57. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  58. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  59. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds

  60. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  63. 2025-06-01

    Point of order overruled

  64. 2025-06-01

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  65. 2025-06-01

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  66. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  67. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  68. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  69. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  70. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  71. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  72. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  73. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  74. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  75. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 142-1

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Wall: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • J: absent
    • Martinez Fische: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-02 · pass · 123-8

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

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 5246 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Hagenbuch: no

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 83-52

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Hunter: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Villalobos: absent
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05200_HB05299/HB 5246.xml

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