Two Texas lawmakers have filed bills to create the Texas Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors Act, which is aimed at expanding the state’s development and research in the semiconductor industry. The proposed legislation would increase workforce training programs for the industry and give higher education institutions a larger role in development.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced his support for the proposals at a March 15 news conference. He was joined by Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman and House Appropriations Committee Chair Greg Bonnen, who authored the bills, as well as other state and higher education officials.
Huffman filed Senate Bill 2288, and Bonnen filed House Bill 5174.