HB 4520: bill halving the local airport match in disadvantaged counties

Caption

relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

From 10 percent to five percent for state aviation loans or grants.

The bill lowers the local share an airport must put up to get a state aviation loan or grant from 10 percent to five percent when the airport sits in an economically disadvantaged county. It touches the Texas Transportation Commission and the cities and counties that run airports in those poorer counties. On the ground, airports in qualifying counties can win state aviation money while putting up half the local match they need today.

Labels

Labels: CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Armando "Mando" Martinez (D) in the House. Lead sponsor Robert Nichols (R) in the Senate. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4520 · 2025-03-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando "Mando" MartinezDHouse 39

ITEM

relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

WHAT IT DOES

From 10 percent to five percent for state aviation loans or grants.

The bill lowers the local share an airport must put up to get a state aviation loan or grant from 10 percent to five percent when the airport sits in an economically disadvantaged county. It touches the Texas Transportation Commission and the cities and counties that run airports in those poorer counties. On the ground, airports in qualifying counties can win state aviation money while putting up half the local match they need today.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version F · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version F · May 27, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 12, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker
Apr 14, 2025Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
Apr 14, 2025Considered by s/c in public hearing
Apr 14, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
Apr 14, 2025Left pending in subcommittee
Apr 25, 2025Recalled from subcommittee
Apr 25, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 25, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 1, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 1, 2025Committee report distributed
May 2, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 5, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 7, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 7, 2025Read 2nd time
May 7, 2025Postponed 5/9/25 9:00 AM
May 9, 2025Laid out as postponed business
May 9, 2025Postponed 5/13/25 10:00 AM
May 13, 2025Laid out as postponed business
May 13, 2025Postponed 5/14/25 8:00 AM
May 14, 2025Laid out as postponed business
May 14, 2025Amended 1-Martinez
May 14, 2025Amended 2-Martinez
May 14, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
May 14, 2025Record vote RV#2490
May 14, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 15, 2025Read 3rd time
May 15, 2025Passed
May 15, 2025Record vote RV#2612
May 15, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 15, 2025Reported engrossed
May 15, 2025Received from the House
May 19, 2025Read first time
May 19, 2025Referred to Transportation
May 23, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 23, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 23, 2025Vote taken in committee
May 23, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 23, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
May 23, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
May 26, 2025Co-sponsor authorized
May 26, 2025Placed on intent calendar
May 26, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
May 26, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
May 26, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
May 26, 2025Three day rule suspended
May 26, 2025Record vote
May 26, 2025Read 3rd time
May 26, 2025Passed
May 26, 2025Record vote
May 26, 2025Senate passage as amended reported
May 27, 2025Senate Amendments distributed
May 27, 2025Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
May 28, 2025House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
May 28, 2025Record vote RV#3986
May 28, 2025Text of Senate Amendment(s)
May 28, 2025House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
May 29, 2025Reported enrolled
May 30, 2025Signed in the House
May 31, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 31, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 103 yea · 35 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 15, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 26, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando "Mando" Martinez

Donors

Border Health PAC$10KMarc Rodriguez$9,500Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$9K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to Jun 26, 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.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 26, 2025. 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: 101026922.

Marc Rodriguez$9,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$9,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$9,000.00

Cash: $9,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $9,000.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Apr 8, 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: 100979779, 101026922, 101055340.

Money

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

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 26, 2025. 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: 101026922.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$9,000.00

Cash: $9,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $9,000.00

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 · Dec 10, 2024 to Apr 8, 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: 100979779, 101026922, 101055340.

Votes6

House May 28, 2025

Yea: 98
Nay: 39
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 2
Excused: 10

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3986

Representative Martinez moved to concur in the senate amendments to HB 4520. The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 4520 prevailed by (Record 3986): 98 Yeas, 39 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 98 (published)
Nay: 39 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 10 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 26, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4520 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 26, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4520 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 26, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 15, 2025

Yea: 103
Nay: 35
Present, not voting: 4
Absent: 3
Excused: 5

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2612

HB 4520 was passed by (Record 2612): 103 Yeas, 35 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 103 (published)
Nay: 35 (published)
Present, not voting: 4 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 5 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 14, 2025

Yea: 102
Nay: 32
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 8
Excused: 6

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2490

HB 4520, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2490): 102 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 102 (published)
Nay: 32 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 8 (derived from named list)
Excused: 6 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses4

For: 2
Against: 0
On: 2

Names

For

El Paso County1 registration
Self1 registration

On

Self1 registration
Texas Department of Transportation1 registration

Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version F · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version F · May 27, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

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 Mar 12, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed · Senate Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

SB 2226 by Nichols (identical)

Subjects

State Finances--Management & Control

Transportation--Aviation

AIRPORTS

ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS

LOANS

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 181 words

89R7490 JAM-F

By: Martinez
H.B. No. 4520

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas

Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in

economically disadvantaged counties.

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

SECTION 1. Section 21.105(b), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) Before approving a loan or grant, the commission shall

require that:

(1) the airport or facility remain in the control of

each political subdivision involved for at least 20 years;

(2) the political subdivision disclose the source of

all funds for the project and the political subdivision's ability

to finance and operate the project;

(3) at least :

(A) 10 percent of the total project cost be

provided by sources other than the state; or

(B) if the airport is located in an economically

disadvantaged county, as defined by Section 222.053, five percent

of the total project cost be provided by sources other than the

state; and

(4) the project be adequately planned.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Border Health PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Border Health PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

House May 28, 2025

Senate May 26, 2025

Senate May 26, 2025

Senate May 26, 2025

House May 15, 2025

House May 14, 2025

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