Texas State Representative

Gary Gates 2025 - 89th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB100

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of House Committee
4/8/25  
Voted on by House
4/16/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/25/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/27/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1009

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB102

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/20/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1049

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1056

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by House
5/2/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/25/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/28/25  
Governor Action
6/22/25  
Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1089

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/8/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/9/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1481

Filed
12/2/24  
Out of House Committee
4/8/25  
Voted on by House
4/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/25/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1490

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating a criminal offense for certain conduct involving the unauthorized use of a vehicle.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1497

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds.

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB120

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of House Committee
3/27/25  
Voted on by House
4/16/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/20/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/25/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1585

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1225

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1226

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1227

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1228

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings.