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Introduced
Mar 14, 2025
Passed House
May 02, 2025
Passed Senate
May 23, 2025
Signed into Law

HB 5246

Texas House Bill

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.

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House • May 30, 2025: Conf. Comm. Report distributed

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Votes

May 23, 2024, Senate

Senator Huffman moved that 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. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

May 01, 2025, House

HB 5246, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1216): 142 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 142

NO: 1

Harrison

ABSENT: 6

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY54FINAL.HTM

May 02, 2025, House

HB 5246 was passed by (Record 1317): 123 Yeas, 8 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

YES: 123

NO: 8

ABSENT: 18

NOT VOTING: 1

Dustin Burrows

Sources

https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/89R/HTML/89RDAY55FINAL.HTM

Actions

May 30, 2025 | House
- Conf. Comm. Report distributed
May 30, 2025 | Senate
- Conference committee report filed
May 28, 2025 | House
- Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- Senate appoints conferees-reported
May 28, 2025 | Senate
- Senate grants request for conference comm.
- Senate appoints conferees
May 27, 2025 | Senate
- House refuses to concur-reported
- House requests conference committee-reported
- House appoints conferees-reported
May 27, 2025 | House
- House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- House requests conference committee
- House appoints conferees
May 24, 2025 | House
- Senate passage as amended reported
- Senate Amendments distributed
- Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
May 23, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on intent calendar
- Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- Vote recorded in Journal
- Three day rule suspended
- Record vote
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote
May 22, 2025 | Senate
- Co-sponsor authorized
May 21, 2025 | Senate
- Reported favorably as substituted
- Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- Committee report printed and distributed
May 14, 2025 | Senate
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 05/14/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Left pending in committee
May 05, 2025 | Senate
- Received from the House
- Read first time
- Referred to Finance
May 02, 2025 | House
- Read 3rd time
- Passed
- Record vote RV#1317
- Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Reported engrossed
May 01, 2025 | House
- Placed on General State Calendar
- Read 2nd time
- Amended 1-Bonnen
- Passed to engrossment as amended
- Record vote RV#1216
Apr 28, 2025 | House
- Considered in Calendars
Apr 25, 2025 | House
- Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 24, 2025 | House
- Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Committee report distributed
Apr 17, 2025 | House
- Considered in formal meeting
- Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 16, 2025 | House
- Scheduled for public hearing on . . . 04/16/2025
- Considered in public hearing
- Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Left pending in committee
Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Read first time
- Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Filed

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB5246