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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 3045: Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3045 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes. Primary sponsor: Stan Gerdes (Republican), Pat Curry (Republican), Adam Hinojosa (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2025): Referred to Finance.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Pat CurryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Adam HinojosaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Carl TepperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Finance
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source