Gary Wilton Gates Jr. is a Texas businessman and a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for House District 28, which is located in Fort Bend County in the southwest Houston metro area.
Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.
Wrote
53 bills
Became law
12 became law. Another 11 passed the House or Senate but didn't.
Introduced Apr 1, 2025HB 5662: Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.
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Introduced Apr 1, 2025HB 5661: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 5655: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 18, 2025HB 5648: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 4753: Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 21: Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
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Introduced Dec 23, 2024HB 20: Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.
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Introduced Mar 30, 2023HB 5333: Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 252; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 28, 2023HB 5329: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 262; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 24, 2023HB 5326: Relating to the creation of the Orchard Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 24, 2023HB 5325: Relating to the boundaries of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 144.
Became law
Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 5312: Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 147; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.
Became law
Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5431: Relating to the exclusion of at-large and mayoral seats from the requirement of re-election following apportionment.
Passed the House
Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4308: Relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Passed the House
Introduced Feb 14, 2025HB 2867: Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.
Passed the House
Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1225: Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
Passed the House
Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1227: Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
Passed the House
Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1226: Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts.
Passed the House
Introduced Nov 12, 2024HB 1228: Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings.
Passed the House
Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 3568: Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty.
Passed the House
Introduced Feb 28, 2023HB 2959: Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release.
Passed the House
Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 2665: Relating to an interim study of the municipal regulation of short-term rental properties and residential amenity rental properties.
Passed the House
Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 2615: Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.
Passed the House
Introduced Aug 18, 2025HB 236: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Introduced
Introduced Aug 15, 2025HB 95: Relating to establishing minimum credentialing qualifications for Emergency Management Coordinators appointed by Emergency Management Directors.
Introduced
Introduced Aug 15, 2025HJR 10: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.
Introduced
Introduced Jul 25, 2025HB 207: Relating to third-party review of development documents and inspection of improvements required to be approved by a political subdivision.
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Introduced Jul 23, 2025HB 189: Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings.
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Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 1590: Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 5408: Relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state.
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Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 1595: Relating to public housing authorities; authorizing a fee.
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Introduced Mar 13, 2025HB 5132: Relating to an exclusion for mixed beverage gross receipts tax and mixed beverage sales tax.
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Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4307: Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4306: Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 4305: Relating to disclosure of rent and certain fees and charges by a landlord.
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Introduced Mar 7, 2025HB 4108: Relating to the bidding process in a county commissioners court.
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Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 3919: Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
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Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3533: Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3532: Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 3534: Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
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Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 3172: Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.
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Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5176: Relating to an annual report published by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding child protective services.
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Introduced Mar 10, 2023HB 5193: Relating to certain procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4295: Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex area qualified for agricultural or wildlife management use or as timberland.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4297: Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4296: Relating to the authority of a petitioner to pay off a certificate holder's federal loan to facilitate decertification of a certificated area.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4303: Relating to exceptions to municipal plat requirements for certain property developments.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4304: Relating to the contents of the annual child fatality report published by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4298: Relating to certain municipal requirements imposed on a landlord of a dwelling or a multiunit complex.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 4294: Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction of residential or commercial buildings.
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Introduced Feb 24, 2023HB 2787: Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.
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Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 2607: Relating to the taxation of a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility granted by a public facility corporation.
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Introduced Feb 9, 2023HB 2101: Relating to the grade levels at which human sexuality instruction may be provided in public schools.
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
1,791 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.
Attendance
Didn't vote on 60 of 1,791 votes (3%). Some of these may be excused absences, approved by the House ahead of time. The vote records we use don't say which.
By topicAcademic and Career-Oriented Education7 votes
Agriculture and Livestock21 votes
Appropriations7 votes
Border Security4 votes
Business and Commerce82 votes
Congressional Redistricting, Select1 vote
Corrections22 votes
County and Regional Government36 votes
Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)75 votes
Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)19 votes
Criminal Justice80 votes
Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)57 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
Elections23 votes
Energy Resources18 votes
Environmental Regulation22 votes
Family and Fiduciary Relationships41 votes
Finance4 votes
Government Efficiency67 votes
Health and Human Services59 votes
Higher Education50 votes
Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
Human Services55 votes
Insurance37 votes
Intergovernmental Affairs38 votes
International Relations1 vote
Juvenile Justice11 votes
Land and Resource Management20 votes
Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
Local Government53 votes
Natural Resources58 votes
Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes