---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to entities eligible to authorize the creation of spaceport development corporations and to the powers of those corporations."
description: "Relating to entities eligible to authorize the creation of spaceport development corporations and to the powers of those corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Texas HB 303 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS (S0372)", "SPACEPORTS (S0376)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e630f9-973f-4db2-9fdd-b040d0a40e20"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 303.xml"
source_hash: "596830471c4153428cdd00d7dd5bb8daa617a57ea93281c789867fc4fb04f61d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 303 (86) — Relating to entities eligible to authorize the creation of spaceport development corporations and to the powers of those corporations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00303I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72e630f9-973f-4db2-9fdd-b040d0a40e20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).