HB4751

HB4751 creates the Texas Quantum Initiative within the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office. Its purpose is to help Texas develop quantum computing, networking and sensing industries, including workforce skills and a manufacturing supply chain. It also creates the Quantum University and Business Innovation for Texas Fund, a dedicated account that can receive legislative funding, gifts, grants, donations and investment earnings. The office may use it for quantum manufacturing and design grants to state entities, universities and businesses—including qualifying nonprofits—and for staffing. Creating that authority is not itself an appropriation or a promise of a grant. Final law

A six-member, governor-appointed advisory committee advises the office; it does not independently run the grant program. Members serve staggered six-year terms at the governor’s pleasure, without pay but with reimbursement for meeting expenses. The law prioritizes design/manufacturing expertise and requires representation from a qualified quantum infrastructure provider and a quantum-computing manufacturer. The office hires a director, who hires and directs staff.

The office must prepare an annual strategic plan, due December 31 to the governor and legislative leaders, covering potential projects, federal grants, outside funding and practical infrastructure and workforce investments. A separate report to the Legislative Budget Board is due December 1 of even-numbered years. Initial advisory appointments were due January 1, 2026.

The law took effect September 1, 2025, but includes an important funding condition: before September 1, 2029, an agency need not perform a mandatory duty in a fiscal year unless money is specifically appropriated for it. The agency may use other available funding instead. If it does not implement a duty, its next budget request must identify that omission and estimate implementation costs. The suspension authority expires September 1, 2029. These are the act’s requirements, not a finding that appointments, spending or reports have occurred.