Terry Canales, Texas State Representative of 40th District | Official Website
Terry Canales, Texas State Representative of 40th District | Official Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to comments by members of the public at an open meeting of a governmental body on items not on the agenda for that meeting’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill amends Section 551.007 of the Texas Government Code to require governmental bodies conducting open meetings to allow public comments on non-agenda items. Members of the public must be given the opportunity to address these topics either before or during the consideration of agenda items. The governmental body is permitted to limit the number of people speaking on non-agenda items to no fewer than five. If passed with a two-thirds majority in both houses, this bill will take effect immediately; otherwise, it will become effective on September 1, 2025.
Terry Canales, chair of the House Committee on S/C on Transportation Funding and member of the House Committee on Transportation, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Canales graduated from the University of the Incarnate Word and again from St. Mary's University School of Law with a JD.
Terry Canales is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 40th House district. He replaced previous state representative Aaron Peña in 2013.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 3849 | 03/26/2025 | Relating to the program categories in the unified transportation program |
| HB 3837 | 03/26/2025 | Relating to the regulation of autonomous vehicles; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 1697 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the management, operation, and contract authority of open-enrollment charter schools |
| HB 1694 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the eligibility of school bus drivers and cafeteria workers for unemployment compensation benefits |
| HB 1693 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the financial audit of certain open-enrollment charter schools by the state auditor |
| HB 1678 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain public information |
| HB 1667 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under the workers' compensation system |
| HB 1666 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent misdemeanor offenses |
| HB 1665 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees |
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