In an effort to compete with nearby regional rivals like New Mexico and Georgia, Texas is changing its film incentives. The state will be increasing the tax incentives given to Texas film productions. In a bill passed on Sunday by Governor Greg Abbott, the amount given to film productions incentives for every two years increased from $200 million to $300 million. This expansion is estimated to give Hollywood around $1.5 billion in subsidies by the decade’s end.

With this increase, Texas will distribute around $150M to local film and TV productions. This is less than the money distributed by New Mexico ($130M), Arizona ($125M), or Louisiana ($125M), and less than the money distributed by more popular filmmaking spots like New York, California, or Georgia.

Under the program, film or TV productions with a budget of at least $1.5 million will be eligible for cash grants of 25% of any qualified spending in Texas. That percentage can increase if the production takes place on a local rural or historical site, implements a workforce development grant, or hires local veterans, among other production specifics.

One of those partial to these changes is Lt. Governor and local talk show host Dan Patrick, who views these changes as an effort to make Texas “America’s film capital.” Part of his avid support for the recently passed bill is Texas’s leeway towards rejecting any projects that include “inappropriate content or content that portrays Texas or Texans in a negative fashion.” “I have worked with Taylor Sheridan, Matthew McConaughey, and other Texans on this project to promote Texas values, not Hollywood ones,” Patrick said on social media.

Taylor Sheridan, producer of the popular TV show Yellowstone and a prominent Texas Filmmaker, was also an avid supporter of the bill and these changes. He explained to a local committee last fall that none of his productions would be possible without the state’s support. He also stated that he regrets that the film Hell or High Water, which he wrote, was produced in New Mexico due to the subsidies provided at the time. ““It is a necessary implementation of our business,” says Sheridan. “They cannot and will not finance a film without an incentive from a state. They will not do it.