Terry Meza

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SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Became Law · Sep 18, 2025
HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Sep 5, 2025
HB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. · Introduced · Aug 21, 2025
HB 1056 Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 22, 2025
HB 413 Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial. · Vetoed · Jun 22, 2025
HB 4099 Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 107 Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 824 Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 2306 Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
HB 20 Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 31 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Became Law · Jun 20, 2025
SB 4 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
SB 23 Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. · Became Law · Jun 16, 2025
HB 21 Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
HB 37 Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program. · Became Law · May 28, 2025
SB 455 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
SB 1080 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Became Law · May 27, 2025
HB 220 Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. · Passed One Chamber · May 25, 2025
HR 1028 Recognizing May 21, 2025, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · May 24, 2025
SB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Became Law · May 24, 2025
HB 50 Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests. · Passed One Chamber · May 23, 2025
SJR 85 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
SJR 2 Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district. · Passed Legislature · May 22, 2025
HB 1738 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2025
SJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Passed Legislature · May 15, 2025
HB 1730 Relating to a study regarding the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals on public health. · Introduced · May 15, 2025
HB 3695 Relating to copayments required by a health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan for visiting physical therapists. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 178 Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 4442 Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 1368 Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
HB 1228 Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings. · Introduced · May 14, 2025
HB 168 Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor. · Passed One Chamber · May 14, 2025
HB 2867 Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. · Passed One Chamber · May 13, 2025
HB 4838 Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2025
HB 1674 Relating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offense. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
HB 2275 Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts. · Introduced · May 9, 2025
HB 4089 Relating to the regulation and operation of electric bicycles. · Introduced · May 8, 2025
HB 3673 Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. · Introduced · May 7, 2025
HB 463 Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses. · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2025
HB 2066 Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
HB 1378 Relating to municipal and county regulation of certain electric energy storage. · Introduced · Apr 30, 2025
HR 945 In memory of Pope Francis. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 24, 2025
HB 2666 Relating to the punishment for the offense of arson involving a government building. · Introduced · Apr 22, 2025
HB 2433 Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary. · Introduced · Apr 21, 2025
HB 1952 Relating to the composition of county appraisal district boards of directors. · Introduced · Apr 17, 2025
HB 4901 Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices. · Introduced · Apr 15, 2025
HB 44 Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
HB 5239 Relating to requiring certain governmental entities to allow interested persons to comment on the proposed adoption or revision of certain emergency management plans. · Introduced · Apr 7, 2025
HB 4598 Relating to imposing an employer contribution to support the subsidized child care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
HB 3919 Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
HJR 198 Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum. · Introduced · Apr 3, 2025
HB 4030 Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting. · Introduced · Mar 27, 2025
HB 203 Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain leased residential real property. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
HB 3105 Relating to establishing a minimum base wage for certain personal attendants under Medicaid and other programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
HB 3059 Relating to the establishment of a paid parental leave program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; imposing an employer contribution. · Introduced · Mar 20, 2025
HB 2656 Relating to motor vehicle stops by a peace officer operating an unmarked law enforcement motor vehicle. · Introduced · Mar 18, 2025
HB 2389 Relating to prohibiting the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by and contracts or other agreements with certain aliens or foreign entities. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
HB 2044 Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
HB 1864 Relating to an exemption from the use tax imposed on certain motor vehicles brought into this state by new Texas residents. · Introduced · Mar 14, 2025
HB 1376 Relating to the authority of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic logging devices. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1379 Relating to the authority of a game warden or other peace officer commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department to enter private property. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1374 Relating to the labeling of beef, pork, beef products, and pork products; providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1385 Relating to the labeling of beef and beef products; providing a civil penalty. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1447 Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1423 Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1448 Relating to the dedication of certain federal money received for public education and the distribution to school districts of certain excess funds appropriated for the Foundation School Program. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1432 Relating to restrictive covenants regulating certain landscaping and water conservation practices. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HCR 94 Designating May 8 as Vaccination Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035. · Mar 11, 2025
HB 1386 Relating to license plates issued for and displayed on passenger cars and light trucks. · Introduced · Mar 11, 2025
HB 5 Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
HJR 3 Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
HJR 100 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. · Introduced · Mar 10, 2025
HB 1152 Relating to the signature required on a carrier envelope for a ballot voted by mail. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 1049 Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 1164 Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties. · Introduced · Mar 7, 2025
HB 803 Relating to the monthly amount of longevity pay for state employees. · Introduced · Mar 5, 2025
HB 691 Relating to the minimum wage. · Introduced · Mar 4, 2025
HB 550 Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public schools. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HJR 23 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain persons who are employed by the district. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HJR 33 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HJR 27 Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a clean and healthy environment. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2025
HB 440 Relating to requiring certain alert messages to be in English and Spanish. · Introduced · Feb 28, 2025
HB 230 Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 266 Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain individuals who are employed by the district. · Introduced · Feb 27, 2025
HB 177 Relating to a bonus payment for certain public school employees and to the public school finance system. · Oct 19, 2023
HJR 14 Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, to establish the property tax relief to rental households fund and authorize the legislature to provide payments to rental households from that fund based on a proportion of rent paid, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief and property tax relief payments to rental households from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. · Jul 6, 2023
HB 62 Relating to providing school district property tax relief through rent-relief and through adjusting entitlements, compression, and exemptions under the public school finance system. · Jul 6, 2023
HB 12 Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
SB 975 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Became Law · Jun 18, 2023
HB 2194 Relating to establishing a "Made in Texas" labeling program. · Became Law · Jun 17, 2023
HB 968 Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
HB 25 Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs in this state; authorizing a fee. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
HB 1287 Relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Became Law · Jun 12, 2023
HB 916 Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 5 Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 3554 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 3553 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses if committed at certain locations. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 8 Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 9 Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
HB 2248 Relating to designating September 30 as Vanessa Guillén Day. · Became Law · Jun 9, 2023
SB 1238 Relating to broadband development. · Became Law · Jun 2, 2023
HJR 125 Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects. · Passed Legislature · May 30, 2023
SB 922 Relating to legislative leave for certain peace officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
SB 490 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. · Became Law · May 29, 2023
HB 567 Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. · Became Law · May 27, 2023
HB 2755 Relating to the minimum instruction requirement for the boater education program and the disposition and use of money received by the Parks and Wildlife Department from the boater education program. · Became Law · May 27, 2023
SB 1418 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. · Passed Legislature · May 26, 2023
HB 1613 Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. · Passed Legislature · May 25, 2023
SB 840 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. · Became Law · May 24, 2023
HB 2549 Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators. · Passed One Chamber · May 19, 2023
HB 446 Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies. · Became Law · May 15, 2023
SB 1325 Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat. · Became Law · May 13, 2023
HB 1888 Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. · Passed One Chamber · May 12, 2023
HB 2979 Relating to an indication on a voter's voter registration certificate that a voter is a veteran. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 4946 Relating to prohibited disqualification of and peremptory challenges to certain prospective jurors. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 2235 Relating to HIV and AIDS tests. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
HB 840 Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 1980 Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered. · Introduced · May 11, 2023
HB 2886 Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture. · Passed One Chamber · May 11, 2023
HB 2055 Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. · Introduced · May 10, 2023
HB 3377 Relating to HIV and AIDS tests. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
HB 2665 Relating to an interim study of the municipal regulation of short-term rental properties and residential amenity rental properties. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
HB 3771 Relating to the creation of the employer child-care contribution partnership program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; authorizing a civil penalty. · Passed One Chamber · May 10, 2023
HB 1973 Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers; authorizing an administrative penalty. · Introduced · May 9, 2023
HB 45 Relating to ethnic studies instruction in public schools. · Introduced · May 9, 2023
HB 1152 Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions. · Passed One Chamber · May 8, 2023
HB 3548 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. · Introduced · May 6, 2023
HB 1882 Relating to the designation of certain religious holy days as optional holidays. · Introduced · May 5, 2023
HB 3547 Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits. · Introduced · May 4, 2023
HB 4972 Relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas Veterans Commission. · Passed One Chamber · May 4, 2023
HB 4199 Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public schools. · Introduced · May 2, 2023
HB 2662 Relating to broadband development. · Introduced · May 1, 2023
HB 3756 Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. · Passed One Chamber · May 1, 2023
HB 4875 Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or deaths. · Introduced · Apr 25, 2023
HJR 144 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of money in the state highway fund for roadways for seaports, airports, spaceports, land ports of entry, and international bridges. · Introduced · Apr 24, 2023
HB 3568 Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty. · Introduced · Apr 20, 2023
HR 1167 Recognizing April 20, 2023, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2023
HB 4388 Relating to certain procedures for civil suits brought by local governments or certain other persons for violations of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
HB 4197 Relating to the adoption of cats and dogs previously used for research. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
HB 3549 Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense. · Introduced · Mar 21, 2023
HB 3586 Relating to the coverage and provision of abortion and contraception under a health benefit plan and certain programs administered by this state. · Introduced · Mar 16, 2023
HB 1251 Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. · Introduced · Mar 3, 2023
HB 652 Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties. · Introduced · Feb 23, 2023

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