Monitoring the Session

HB 292

Gervin-Hawkins Bill Sets A 30% Grant Floor For Big Productions

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Barbara Gervin-HawkinsDHouse 120

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the grant amount awarded to certain moving image projects under the moving image industry incentive program.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Spend $3.5M in Texas, get 30 percent of non-wage spending plus 30 percent of resident wages.

The bill sets a minimum grant for large film, TV, visual effects and video game projects under the state's moving image incentive program. Projects that spend at least $3.5 million in Texas would get a grant of at least 30 percent of their in-state spending, not counting wages, plus 30 percent of wages paid to Texas residents working in Texas. That raises the floor on state payouts to big productions starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Culture, Recreation & Tourism committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB292 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Barbara Gervin-HawkinsDHouse 120

ITEM

relating to the grant amount awarded to certain moving image projects under the moving image industry incentive program.

WHAT IT DOES

Spend $3.5M in Texas, get 30 percent of non-wage spending plus 30 percent of resident wages.

The bill sets a minimum grant for large film, TV, visual effects and video game projects under the state's moving image incentive program. Projects that spend at least $3.5 million in Texas would get a grant of at least 30 percent of their in-state spending, not counting wages, plus 30 percent of wages paid to Texas residents working in Texas. That raises the floor on state payouts to big productions starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
FILED UNDER

CORPORATE WELFARE

THE TEXT

“is eligible for a grant amount equal to at least 30 percent of:”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill guarantees a minimum 30 percent state grant to film, television, visual effects and digital media productions that spend at least $3.5 million in Texas.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$36KTexas Sands PAC$34KLegacy 44$17K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Aug 6, 2024 to Feb 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$36,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$36,000.00

Cash
$36,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$36,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Feb 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.

Texas Sands PAC$34,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$34,000.00

Cash
$34,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$34,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to Feb 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101038806.

Legacy 44$17,000.00

Legacy 44

$17,000.00

Cash
$1,000.00
Paid by others
$16,000.00
Total
$17,000.00
digital $16,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101038806.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$36,000.00

Cash
$36,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$36,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Feb 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101026167, 101035798, 101038806.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$34,000.00

Cash
$34,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$34,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to Feb 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101038806.

×

Legacy 44

$17,000.00

Cash
$1,000.00
Paid by others
$16,000.00
Total
$17,000.00
digital $16,000.00

Also funds 33 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 21, 2024 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2024 to Feb 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100981675, 101038806.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

02/27/2025 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Culture, Recreation & Tourism · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Arts & Humanities

State Agencies, Boards & Commissions

State Finances--Management & Control

MOTION PICTURE & RECORDING INDUSTRY

Text

The text as introduced · 200 words

89R3741 SCF-D

By: Gervin-Hawkins
H.B. No. 292

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the grant amount awarded to certain moving image

projects under the moving image industry incentive program.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 485, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 485.0245 to read as follows:

Sec. 485.0245. GRANT AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN MOVING IMAGE

PROJECTS. (a) This section applies only to the following moving

image projects with in-state spending of at least $3.5 million:

(1) a feature film;

(2) a television program;

(3) a visual effect project for a feature film or

television program; or

(4) a digital interactive media production.

(b) In calculating the amount of a grant awarded under

Section 485.024, a moving image project described by Subsection (a)

is eligible for a grant amount equal to at least 30 percent of:

(1) the total amount of the project's eligible

in-state spending, excluding wages of persons who are employed for

the project; and

(2) notwithstanding Section 485.024, the amount of

wages the project paid to state residents employed to work in-state

on the project.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.