Bill Text: TX HB1236 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on electric unmanned aircraft capable of or designed for vertical take-off and landing and the facilities needed to develop that technology in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1236-Introduced.html
| 89R2269 JCG-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1236 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to a study on electric unmanned aircraft capable of or | ||
| designed for vertical take-off and landing and the facilities | ||
| needed to develop that technology in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 437, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 437.120 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.120. STUDY ON eVTOL AIRCRAFT; EXPIRATION. (a) In | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) "AFWERX" means the division of the United States | ||
| Department of the Air Force charged with researching, developing, | ||
| and implementing new technologies for military use. | ||
| (2) "eVTOL aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft that | ||
| is capable of or is designed for vertical take-off and landing using | ||
| electric power. | ||
| (b) The department shall conduct a study on the resources | ||
| available for the research, development, validation, and | ||
| implementation of eVTOL aircraft and similar technologies in this | ||
| state. | ||
| (c) The study must include recommendations for the creation | ||
| of an integrated network of facilities to research, develop, field | ||
| test, validate, and implement the use and manufacture of eVTOL | ||
| aircraft and similar technologies in this state. The | ||
| recommendations regarding an integrated network of facilities must | ||
| specify that the facilities meet or exceed the research and | ||
| development capabilities of AFWERX. | ||
| (d) Not later than June 1, 2026, the department shall submit | ||
| a written report to the governor and the legislature on the study | ||
| conducted under this section, including the recommendations | ||
| required by Subsection (c). | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
