House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Texas is the New Hollywood Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend bonus depreciation for qualified film and television productions and to require minimum in-State spending thresholds for such productions.
Sponsor: Rep. Tony Gonzales R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3844.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3844, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a806d4864077e3cfedfb42b3fa98b75fa9a66d51c0de99d97940814289a8ce1
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 30, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3844, last updated June 30, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tony Gonzales.
- H.R. 3965 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.R. 2259 (119th) National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
- H.Res. 570 (119th) Commending Petty Officer 3d Class Scott Ruskan for his heroic efforts to rescue victims during the devastating flooding in central Texas.
- H.R. 3392 (119th) STOP Screwworms Act
- H.R. 506 (119th) Security First Act
- H.R. 4254 (119th) Iranian Campaign Medal Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.