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SB1198 • 2025

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Birdwell
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

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Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  6. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conference committee report

  8. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4091

  9. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conference committee report

  12. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  14. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Conference committee report filed

  16. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    House grants request for conference committee

  17. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees

  18. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  19. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees-reported

  20. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  21. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  22. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate refuses to concur

  23. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate requests conference committee

  24. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees

  25. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  26. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  27. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  28. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3334

  31. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended

  33. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  34. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  35. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  36. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-E. Morales

  37. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3255

  38. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  40. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3256

  41. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  43. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  45. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  47. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  49. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  51. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  52. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  54. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  55. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  56. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  57. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  58. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  59. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  60. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  61. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  62. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  63. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  64. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  65. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  66. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  67. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Corrected comm. report printed & distributed

  68. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  69. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  70. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  71. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  72. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  73. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  74. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  75. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  76. 2025-02-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  77. 2025-02-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1198 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1198

AN ACT

relating to the designation of spaceports as critical

infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil

liability.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 424.001, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 424.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "critical

infrastructure facility" has the meaning assigned by Section

423.0045(a)(1-a) and also includes:

(1) any pipeline transporting oil or gas or the

products or constituents of oil or gas;

(2) a public or private airport depicted in any

current aeronautical chart published by the Federal Aviation

Administration;

(3) a military installation owned or operated by or

for the federal government, this state, or another governmental

entity; [
and
]

(4)
any property, including a temporary hazard area

related to the operation of a launch complex authorized by the

Federal Aviation Administration, or facility used for the launch,

landing, recovery, or testing of spacecraft, as defined by Section

507.001, Local Government Code; and

(5)
a
property,
facility
,
or pipeline described by

this section that is under construction and all equipment and

appurtenances used during that construction.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of

this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the cause of

action accrued, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1198 passed the Senate on

March 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1;

May 26, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and

requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2025, House

granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2025, Senate adopted

Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 30,

Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1198 passed the House, with

amendments, on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 121,

Nays 17, two present not voting; May 27, 2025, House granted

request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;

May 30, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the

following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 14, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor