63 Statements of Vote (Change) 15 Change Statements 48 Away StatementsView Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 238 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2: Relating to public education and public school finance. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2326 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB168: Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 834 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB366: Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 455 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB503: Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to participate in the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program and the rural prosecutor's office salary assistance grant program. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 980 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB552: Relating to a study by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to determine standards for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain agricultural land used to raise or keep bees. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2300 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB842: Relating to a study and report on burying power lines in the Gulf Coast region. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2718 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB871: Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2378 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB1106: Relating to the definition of abuse or neglect of a child. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1792 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB1128: Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2398 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB1142: Relating to coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under certain governmental health benefit plans. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1455 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB1269: Relating to the plant disease and pest prevention grant program. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1027 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB1532: Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2386 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB1586: Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2833 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote present, not voting." HB1738: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2740 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB2136: Relating to design and use of a model criminal citation. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1544 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2149: Relating to nonconforming land uses after the adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1311 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2221: Relating to certain trade practices related to life insurance, annuity contracts, and accident and health coverage. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2478 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2348: Relating to the video recording of a deposition taken of the testimony of certain elderly or disabled persons in a criminal case. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB2370: Bill relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2716 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." HB2638: Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2008 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2963: Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2493 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3066: Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue associated with hotel and convention center projects. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2547 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3159: Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1325 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3250: Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3892: Relating to county regulation of subdivision setbacks. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2486 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4076: Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2454 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB4120: Relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for benefits under certain public benefits programs to be provided at the time of discharge or release. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2045 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4202: Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2188 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4234: Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2127 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4506: Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2784 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4795: Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2564 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB5381: Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2329 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB5623: Relating to the provision of loans and grants from the Texas Energy Fund for certain energy efficiency projects. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2633 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB5678: Relating to the creation of the Rivers Market Place Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2180 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HJR144: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the creation of a regional mobility authority by local law. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2328 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HJR218: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the use of money from the Texas energy fund for energy efficiency projects conducted to benefit retail electric customers. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 29 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HR334: Recognizing February 24, 2025, as League of Women Voters of Collin County Day at the State Capitol. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 138 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1: General Appropriations Bill. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 370 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB5: Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3547 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB7: Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3548 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB7: Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3545 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB22: Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2421 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB250: Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3781 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB667: Relating to prohibiting state retirement systems from investing in certain Chinese-affiliated entities. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 940 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." SB783: Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3698 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB790: Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3309 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." SB1171: Relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1369 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1172: Relating to exempting certain transactions from regulation by the Texas Real Estate Commission. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3660 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB1191: Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3612 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1233: Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 2093 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1257: Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 1377 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1577: Relating to the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at certain racing facilities. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3371 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1940: Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3783 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2073: Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3445 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2166: Relating to testing of voting tabulation equipment. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3442 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." SB2405: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3381 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2406: Relating to the Sabine River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3443 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." SB2406: Relating to the Sabine River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3382 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2407: Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3444 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2407: Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3902 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2480: Relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health Program; the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board; imposing a surcharge. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3787 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB2900: Relating to the review of existing boards and commissions under the jurisdiction of the comptroller for continuity and to the repeal of certain committees under the jurisdiction of the comptroller. View Bill at Source Gary Gates: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Gary Gates: "When Record No. 3544 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB3070: Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses. |