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[Catching up on some older material while stuck at the airport] Last week a committee of the Florida Senate unanimously approved four bills designed to provide various incentives for the space industry in the state. SB 2526 supports the development of an initiative to diversify the state’s space industry. SB 2458 would create a “Space […] A couple of pieces of state legislation related to commercial space have passed milestones in the last several days: In Hawaii, the House approved unanimously Tuesday HB2259, legislation that support work to develop a commercial spaceport in the state. Specifically, the legislation appropriates an unspecified sum to the state’s Office of Aerospace Development “to conduct […] The Florida Legislature, following the lead of Virginia, is considering legislation to provide liability immunity for suborbital commercial vehicle operators. The legislation, HB 737, was introduced in the Florida House of Representatives in January by Rep. David Simmons, an Orlando-area Republican, and is currently working its way through various House committees. The legislation would make […] [Cross-posted from Personal Spaceflight for your reading convenience.] The attorney general of New Mexico has concluded that a local tax increase passed this spring to help fund development of Spaceport America should not be collected starting January 1 as originally planned because of a lack of a mechanism to spend the revenues. Voters in Doña […] The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved a non-binding “memorial” stating its support for the Vision for Space Exploration. The resolution, SM 1005, calls on Congress to “enact and fully fund the proposed vision for space exploration, as submitted to Congress in the fiscal year 2008 budget of the United States government”. State resolutions in support […] The final outcome of Tuesday’s spaceport tax referendum in Donña Ana County, New Mexico, won’t be known until Thursday, although the tax had a narrow lead late Tuesday night after all official ballots were counted. In the simple yes/no vote, there were 204 more yes votes than no out of over 17,000 ballots cast, with […] In his State of the State address yesterday, new Florida governor Charlie Crist mentioned in passing that he wants the state legislature to pass incentives to support the state’s space industry: Finally, I ask that you give us the tools to spur economic development for the film and space industries. In my budget I have […] The Hampton Roads Daily Press reports that a “slew” of NASA officials went to the Virginia state capital yesterday to lobby the state to better support the aerospace industry in the state. The visitors, who included the directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, didn’t make requests for specific programs in the state, but said […] |
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