HCR 35 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

HCR 35 is a Texas concurrent resolution urging Congress to change federal tax law. It requests that spaceports be added to the list of facilities eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds - currently available for airports, docks, and similar transportation hubs. This would allow spaceport projects in Texas (where the state ranks second nationally in spaceport locations and hosts over 2,000 aerospace businesses) to access lower-cost financing for infrastructure development. The resolution does not change state law but formally asks federal lawmakers to amend the Internal Revenue Code to support this change.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Apr 9, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · May 13, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up during its progression from introduction to enrolled status. The substantive policy content remains unchanged - it still urges Congress to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds. The changes are primarily formatting improvements including removal of draft markings, correction of spacing issues, and addition of final signatures and certification dates.
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Removed draft markings and formatting artifacts from the text

Added final signatures, certification dates, and vote counts to the enrolled version

Corrected spacing and line breaks throughout the document for final publication

Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025 · House Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

264
Passed
Total votes 30
Apr 30, 2025
D Democratic10
6 Yea 4 Nay
60% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
15
Committee
11
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Administration
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on State-Federal Relations by Speaker
lower
6 primary · 15 co-sponsors

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