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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund."
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description: "Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 5246"
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citation: "Texas HB 5246 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Aeronautics (I0010)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM OFFICE", "TEXAS (V1109)", "Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Governor (I0375)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "SPACE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (VP0UH)", "SPACEPORTS (S0376)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION (U0227)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "Transportation--Aviation (I0822)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 75
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-03-14"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/becf26ad-3f58-4fbc-967b-8d6bee762b20"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05200_HB05299/HB 5246.xml"
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source_hash: "febd9ad91f67e7af4675dec5159137b8872cf559289b4bd39daa8d9476288eb7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 5246 (89R) — Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05246I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05246E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05246H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05246S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05246F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **83–52** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **123–8** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **83–52** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 5246 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-07** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-02** Record vote
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- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-05** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-23** Record vote
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- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Record vote
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- **2025-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-27** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2025-05-27** House requests conference committee
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- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-27** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2025-05-27** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-28** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** Point of order overruled
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- **2025-06-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-06-01** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/becf26ad-3f58-4fbc-967b-8d6bee762b20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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