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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium."
description: "Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3447"
citation: "Texas HB 3447 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "Governor (I0375)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)", "RICE UNIVERSITY (U699W)", "SPACE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (VP0UH)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (U0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bonnen", "Huffman", "Morales, Eddie", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 81
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49833dcf-e582-48ee-921e-ba710ad5763f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3447.xml"
source_hash: "7e1f97342bb01b4d14e798d3ad520e5daf43e3b27297927a89bba44a9d76fdd1"
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 3447 (88) — Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03447I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03447E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03447H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03447S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03447F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **292** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **12511** (pass) · upper
- passage — **12816** (pass) · lower
- passage — **12915** (pass) · lower
- passage — **12511** (pass) · lower
- passage to third reading — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3447 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **292** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Postponed
- **2023-04-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49833dcf-e582-48ee-921e-ba710ad5763f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).