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Terry Canales Democrat

Texas House, District 40

A district in the Rio Grande Valley or Laredo area. The sitting member's recorded votes on the 2025 hemp-THC ban and the Compassionate Use Program expansion are listed below in date order, with their record-vote numbers, as the official journals print them.

Terry CanalesDemocratIncumbent
  • Authored2020-11-10

    Filed HB 439 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana and marihuana concentrate.

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  • Authored2020-11-09

    Filed HJR 13 as primary author, a proposed constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis.

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  • Coauthored2021-03-16

    Signed on as a coauthor of HB 1535, relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.

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  • Authored2022-11-14

    Filed HB 127 as primary author, relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate.

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  • Authored2023-01-26

    Filed HJR 91 as primary author, a proposed constitutional amendment directing the legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation and sale of cannabis.

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  • Vote2025-05-12

    Recorded Absent, Excused for a committee meeting on Record Vote 2184, passage to engrossment of CSHB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 118 Yeas to 16 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-05-13

    Recorded Yea on Record Vote 2257, final House passage of HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 122 Yeas to 21 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-05-21

    Recorded Nay on Record Vote 3192, passage to third reading of CSSB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 95 Yeas to 44 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-05-22

    Recorded Absent on Record Vote 3304, final House passage of SB 3, the intoxicating-hemp-THC ban, which carried 87 Yeas to 54 Nays.

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  • Vote2025-06-01

    Recorded Yea on Record Vote 4163, adoption of the conference committee report on HB 46, the Compassionate Use Program expansion, which carried 138 Yeas to 1 Nay.

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  • Said2025-05-22

    Filed a statement of vote printed in the House Journal regarding that day's record vote, reading: "I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no."

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