---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds."
description: "Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 35"
citation: "Texas HCR 35 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "SPACEPORTS (S0376)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Lopez, Janie", "Morales, Eddie", "Ordaz", "Paul"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6ef442-2624-4618-9004-3f069ea6c51e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 35.xml"
source_hash: "7b09d0e14fca57fdbb45c8bf3b4d5544868c3af1fe84337c9a3ef35fdb3919d9"
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 HCR 35 (89R) — Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00035I.HTM)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00035H.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00035S.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00035F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to s/c on State-Federal Relations by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-13** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-30** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d6ef442-2624-4618-9004-3f069ea6c51e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).