Running forState House, District 137
Gene Wu
DemocratHas the job now
Overview
Eugene Yuanzhi Wu is an American lawyer and politician who has represented Texas's 137th House of Representatives district in the Texas House of Representatives since 2013.
Facts from Wikipedia.
- How to reach them
- Office phone: 713-271-3900
- Office: 6500 Rookin, Building C, Houston, TX 77074
- Email: gene.wu@house.texas.gov
Bills they wrote
Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.
Wrote
15 bills
Became law
None became law. 6 passed the House or Senate but didn't become law.
- HB 4355: Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.Passed the House
- HB 3327: Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records.Passed the House
- HB 3176: Relating to the creation of a youthful offender pilot court program.Passed the House
- HB 2328: Relating to the medical release of certain terminally ill defendants and inmates.Passed the House
- HB 1990: Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to notify certain individuals of changes to child abuse and neglect investigation reports.Passed the House
- HB 1342: Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.Passed the House
- HB 4488: Relating to preventing discrimination in foster care.Introduced
- HB 4162: Relating to housing between academic terms for certain students at public institutions of higher education who were formerly under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.Introduced
- HB 2844: Relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place.Introduced
- HB 2319: Relating to disciplinary action against a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for failure to cooperate with an investigation by a law enforcement agency.Introduced
- HB 1601: Relating to defenses to prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of a gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia and county regulation of poker clubs; providing civil penalties; authorizing an occupational license; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.Introduced
- HB 1629: Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of certain burglary offenses.Introduced
- HB 1359: Relating to certain proceedings in juvenile court for children with mental illness and intellectual disabilities.Introduced
- HB 1362: Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by an individual younger than 21 years of age.Introduced
- HB 1341: Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to the cultivation, manufacture, delivery, and possession of marihuana and cannabis.Introduced
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
1,775 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.
Attendance
Didn't vote on 71 of 1,775 votes (4%). 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
Corrections22 votes
County and Regional Government36 votes
Courts and Civil Law (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence)76 votes
Courts and Civil Law (Jurisprudence)19 votes
Criminal Justice78 votes
Criminal Law (Criminal Jurisprudence)55 votes
Culture, Recreation and Tourism21 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-1652 votes
Elections22 votes
Energy Resources18 votes
Environmental Regulation22 votes
Family and Fiduciary Relationships40 votes
Finance4 votes
Government Efficiency66 votes
Health and Human Services59 votes
Higher Education50 votes
Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs55 votes
Human Services55 votes
Insurance36 votes
Intergovernmental Affairs39 votes
International Relations1 vote
Juvenile Justice11 votes
Land and Resource Management19 votes
Licensing and Administrative Procedures37 votes
Local Government53 votes
Natural Resources58 votes
Pensions, Investments and Financial Services43 votes
Property Tax Appraisals13 votes
Public Education56 votes
Public Health73 votes
State Affairs143 votes
State-Federal Relations1 vote
Taxes (Ways and Means)82 votes
Trade, Workforce and Economic Development36 votes
Transportation67 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.