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Terry Wilson

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Overview

Terry Mac Wilson Jr. is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 20th District, which used to include Burnet, Milam, and Williamson counties.

Facts from Wikipedia.

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

92 bills

Became law

28 became law. Another 31 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Apr 14, 2025HB 5674: Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5180: Relating to the issuance of a diploma to a student graduating from a public institution of higher education that has undergone a merger, acquisition, or name change.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5534: Relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 102: Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 300: Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5154: Relating to the Joint Admission Medical Program Council.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5629: Relating to the occupational licensing of military service members, military veterans, and military spouses.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5646: Relating to admission of and resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain students in military-related programs.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4995: Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 42: Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2025HB 2564: Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 21, 2023HB 5404: Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 49; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 20, 2023HB 5397: Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 16, 2023HB 5383: Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2023HB 5379: Relating to the creation of the Williamson and Bell Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2023HB 5382: Relating to the creation of the Jarrell Estates Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2023HB 5380: Relating to the creation of the Theon Ranches Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2023HB 5381: Relating to the creation of the Theon Ranches Municipal Utility District No. 4; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 9, 2023HB 5357: Relating to the creation of the Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2023HB 5304: Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 46; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5180: Relating to the public inspection of election records.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4528: Relating to the requirement that a peace officer take possession of a person's driver's license following the person's failure to pass or refusal to consent to a test for intoxication.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4421: Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3808: Relating to the pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome advisory council.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3908: Relating to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3697: Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3699: Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3730: Relating to the directory of users of the centralized telephone service for entities in the capitol complex.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5606: Relating to a sick leave pool for public school employees.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 705: Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4861: Relating to the design and issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the military and for recipients of certain military awards.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025HB 1: Relating to disaster response and preparedness, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing a fee.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Apr 14, 2025HB 5676: Relating to the eminent domain authority of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 40.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HJR 203: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund to provide funding to eligible institutions of higher education to address Texas' health care workforce needs and drive the state economy.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5151: Relating to the issuance of or use of an air quality permit for a facility that produces or crushes aggregates.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5265: Relating to the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5339: Relating to the establishment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of a grant program to support the study of regenerative agriculture at public institutions of higher education.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5430: Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of filing an application for a place on the general primary election ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one political party.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5459: Relating to food service establishment, temporary food service establishment, and retail food store permits for certain small-scale food businesses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4762: Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4909: Relating to the creation of the My Texas Future portal and a requirement to submit academic information through that portal to determine acceptance for admission at a public institution of higher education as a condition of high school graduation for public school students.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4980: Relating to establishing the Child-Care Professional Pathway program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4912: Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4899: Relating to private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5137: Relating to a beneficiary designation that transfers a motor vehicle to one or more beneficiaries at the owner's death.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 245: Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HJR 73: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a political subdivision other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 982: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5081: Relating to certain motor vehicle safety inspection fees.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5167: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4857: Relating to the cosmetology licensure compact.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5229: Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4431: Relating to the creation of a voluntary accreditation for recovery housing and the post-release housing of certain inmates on parole or to mandatory supervision in an accredited recovery house; authorizing fees.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3757: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses and to the information required to be included in a tax bill.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HJR 153: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a political subdivision other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3790: Relating to the provision of scholarships by private or independent institutions of higher education under the Joint Admission Medical Program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3843: Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding toll project entities.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3882: Relating to the eligibility of a defendant to participate in a veterans treatment court program.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 1516: Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Aug 20, 2025HJR 30: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a political subdivision other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 20, 2025HB 273: Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 18, 2025HB 205: Relating to authorizing certain projects to be undertaken in response to a disaster by certain economic development corporations.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025HB 8: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5190: Relating to requiring parental consent before interviewing a student regarding certain alleged incidents of misconduct in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5631: Relating to a public institution of higher education's orientation on the institution's sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5387: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5385: Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5476: Relating to the coordination and alignment of career and technical education grant programs across the tri-agency partners.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5619: Relating to extending the Hazlewood Exemption Act to active-duty members.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5548: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included at primary and secondary schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4953: Relating to the designation of Ranch-to-Market Road 1431 in Llano, Burnet, Travis, and Williamson Counties as the Gary P. Nunn Memorial Highway.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4892: Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Williamson County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 873: Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1018: Relating to the establishment of a certification program for public work contracting purposes for operators of certain facilities that emit air contaminants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1023: Relating to the design and issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the military and for recipients of certain military awards.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 16, 2023HB 165: Relating to the authority of the governor to order the state and political subdivisions of the state to refrain from supporting the enforcement of federal tax law if the federal government denies or fails to timely respond to certain requests for aid.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 30, 2023HB 56: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 27, 2023HJR 6: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2038 tax year.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HJR 201: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System, the Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College-Orange, and Lamar State College-Port Arthur.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5171: Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise a right or power outside the district's boundaries.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5047: Relating to the imposition of sales and use tax after a municipality annexes an area in an emergency services district.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HJR 200: Ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5279: Relating to a prohibition on interbasin transfers of state water.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5009: Relating to the establishment of a certification program for public work contracting purposes for operators of certain facilities that emit air contaminants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5196: Relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas Veterans Commission.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 4959: Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5198: Relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with disabilities to a veteran's employment preference.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4427: Relating to access to certain records of a property owners' association.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3922: Relating to Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in public schools.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3819: Relating to combining incorporated and unincorporated territory into a county election precinct.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023HB 3879: Relating to the taxation of a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility granted by a public facility corporation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HJR 151: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2043 tax year.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Texas legislature, since 2025. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

1,769 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 13 of 1,769 votes (less than 1%). Some of these may be excused absences, approved by the House ahead of time. The vote records we use don't say which.

By topic
Academic and Career-Oriented Education7 votes
    Agriculture and Livestock21 votes
      Appropriations7 votes
        Border Security4 votes
          Business and Commerce81 votes
            Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
              Corrections21 votes
                County and Regional Government36 votes
                  Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)74 votes
                    Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)17 votes
                      Criminal Justice80 votes
                        Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)56 votes
                          Culture, Recreation and Tourism22 votes
                            Defense and Veterans' Affairs17 votes
                              Dis Prev and Women's and Children's Health16 votes
                                Disaster Preparedness and Flooding13 votes
                                  Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, Select1 vote
                                    Economic Development16 votes
                                      Education K-1654 votes
                                        Elections22 votes
                                          Energy Resources18 votes
                                            Environmental Regulation22 votes
                                              Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
                                                Finance4 votes
                                                  Government Efficiency66 votes
                                                    Health and Human Services58 votes
                                                      Higher Education49 votes
                                                        Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                          Human Services54 votes
                                                            Insurance37 votes
                                                              Intergovernmental Affairs36 votes
                                                                International Relations1 vote
                                                                  Juvenile Justice11 votes
                                                                    Land and Resource Management20 votes
                                                                      Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
                                                                        Local Government50 votes
                                                                          Natural Resources56 votes
                                                                            Pensions, Investments and Financial Services42 votes
                                                                              Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
                                                                                Public Education56 votes
                                                                                  Public Health71 votes
                                                                                    State Affairs144 votes
                                                                                      State-Federal Relations1 vote
                                                                                        Taxes (Ways and Means)84 votes
                                                                                          Trade, Workforce and Economic Development38 votes
                                                                                            Transportation66 votes
                                                                                              Transportation Funding8 votes
                                                                                                Veterans' Affairs9 votes
                                                                                                  Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs43 votes
                                                                                                    Workforce13 votes

                                                                                                      Source: Open States, Texas Legislature Online. Topics from the state legislature.