# Terry Meza Terry Meza is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 105. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Texas House, district 105 - Serving since: 2019-01-08 - Current term: TX 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/bdecc388-4028-48e2-b211-75c59c1c5ec2 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bdecc388-4028-48e2-b211-75c59c1c5ec2 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Meza sits at −1.36 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −1.36 (standard error 0.02), from 1,960 donors and 856 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.1% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (TX 2025–26 session) 3,668 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 96.2% (85%). 298 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted nay · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/ - 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/ - 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/ ## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session) Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 48. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 134 of 145). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 1302: Recognizing the work of legislative intern Shaheer Khan during the 89th Legislature. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1302/ - HR 1301: Recognizing the work of legislative intern Arfeen Khan during the 89th Legislature. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1301/ - HB 5349: Relating to a quality assurance audit of the provision of health care to inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5349/ - HB 4850: Relating to programs to promote economic development in the Office of the Governor and to the repeal of the governor's broadband development council. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4850/ - HB 4372: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of certain weapons. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4372/ - HR 502: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Nepalese Day at the Texas State Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR502/ - HB 3937: Relating to the treatment of certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB3937/ - HR 468: Recognizing the D.C. Statehood Compact and petitioning the Congress of the United States to admit Washington, D.C., into the Union. (in committee, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR468/ - HB 3725: Relating to the reform of solitary confinement practices and the treatment of prisoners affiliated with security threat groups in the Texas Department of… (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB3725/ - HB 3723: Relating to the access of certain individuals in correctional facilities to certain rehabilitative treatments. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB3723/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $26.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=105 - Campaign site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://terrymeza.com/&ved=2ahUKEwjy3q-LxIGGAxUtGlkFHXSRABQQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3RfHH3Ze6MZ9jpaOUyz9qg - X: https://x.com/terryfortexas - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terryfortexas/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terryfortexas/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9lLk_iu2gXRxDk9IuErbw Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bdecc388-4028-48e2-b211-75c59c1c5ec2