05/24/2025
Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer sets the record straight ahead of tomorrow’s House hearing on film incentives:
1. Film incentives are not Hollywood handouts. Only Texas residents and Texas spending qualify — the money never leaves the state.
2. Most movies about Texas aren’t even filmed here anymore. We’re losing our stories — and the jobs that come with them — to Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Georgia.
3. That means we’re handing away billions in economic impact and letting other states profit off our identity.
4. Film shoots support more than filmmakers: restaurants, hotels, dry cleaners, carpenters, small businesses — the whole community benefits.
Let’s reclaim our stories — and bring the jobs home.
It’s time to get this pro-Texas program off the ground.