Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Gary Gates
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/22/2026
Number of Bills: 40

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (27):
Author:
Gates | Buckley | Bell, Keith | Longoria | Martinez Fischer
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.
Author:
Gates | Capriglione | Martinez Fischer | Tepper | Bell, Cecil
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
05/10/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
Gates | Leo Wilson | Paul
Last Action:
05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
Author:
Gates | Patterson | Canales | Martinez | Leach
Last Action:
05/14/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to municipal and county permitting requirements to conduct certain repairs on residential buildings.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/17/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/17/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 17 2025 2:32PM
Caption:
Relating to public housing authorities; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Gates | Thompson | Lopez, Janie | Harris | Muñoz
Last Action:
05/13/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/27/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
03/24/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Mar 24 2025 2:16PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates | Curry | Hunter | Talarico | Harris
Last Action:
04/03/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/14/2025 H No action taken in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the bidding process in a county commissioners court.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/01/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to disclosure of rent and certain fees and charges by a landlord.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/01/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments owned by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/01/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Apr 1 2025 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to multifamily residential developments financed, owned, or operated by public facility corporations.
Author:
Gates | McQueeney | Curry | Guillen | Reynolds
Sponsor:
Miles
Last Action:
05/26/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Author:
Gates | Tepper | Lalani | Dorazio | Bell, Keith
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to an exclusion for mixed beverage gross receipts tax and mixed beverage sales tax.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Last Action:
05/22/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exclusion of at-large and mayoral seats from the requirement of re-election following apportionment.
Author:
Gates
Last Action:
04/07/2025 H Referred to Natural Resources: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM
Caption:
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.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
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.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption:
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.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
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.
Joint Author (13):
Author:
Harris | Hunter | Gates | Metcalf
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/26/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Buckley | Ashby | Gates | Button
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
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.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Gates | Noble | Tepper | Zwiener
Last Action:
04/29/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the filing with the county clerk of certain counties of a draft of a petition requesting the creation of a municipal utility district.
Author:
Reynolds | Morgan | Gates
Last Action:
05/19/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities.
Author:
Bell, Cecil | Gates | Cook | Gervin-Hawkins
Last Action:
05/08/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations.
Author:
Hull | Collier | Slawson | Frank | Gates
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
05/21/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to individuals whose name may be added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
Author:
Hull | Rose | Dutton | Richardson | Gates
Sponsor:
Sparks
Last Action:
05/07/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
Author:
Gerdes | Gates | Bell, Keith
Last Action:
05/14/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Training Grant Program.
Author:
Pierson | Luther | Gates
Last Action:
04/10/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district.
Author:
Walle | Collier | Gates
Last Action:
04/23/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to landlord and tenant dispute information reported by courts and published on a publicly accessible Internet website.
Author:
Richardson | Campos | Gates | Curry
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license.
Author:
Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Gates | Anchía | Geren
Last Action:
05/15/2025 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.
Author:
Talarico | Gates | Bucy
Last Action:
04/30/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings.
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