19 Facts About Dan Gattis

Dan Gattis was born on 1967 and is an Attorney and Rancher living in Central Texas.

Dan Gattis was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, formerly representing the 20th District from 2003 to 2011.

Dan Gattis's district was made up of Milam and part of Williamson County Gattis had planned to run for the Texas State Senate in 2010, after serving 4 terms in the Texas House of Representatives, after State Senator Steve Ogden announced his potential retirement but later withdrew from the race and instead announced that he himself was retiring from political office to spend more time with his family and in his legal and ranching endeavors.

Since retiring from public office Dan Gattis is often sought after for political and legislative advice.

Dan Gattis is a 6th generation Texan, born in Austin, Texas, to a long time Williamson County farming and ranching family.

Dan Gattis is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Dan Gattis obtained his JD degree at South Texas College of Law in 1993.

Representative Dan Gattis served on several committees, including the House Appropriations Committee and the Budget Conference Committee, where he was the main health and welfare budget writer.

Furthermore, Dan Gattis was Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Chair for budget and oversight to the House Natural Resources Committee, and a member of the Joint Committee on State Water Funding and Select Environmental Flows Advisory Group.

Representative Dan Gattis was a part of the passage of many bills.

In January, 2009 Dan Gattis filed HB 747, which will make it easier for officers to attain breath or blood samples from assumed drunk drivers, given that they have been arrested for two or more DWI offenses.

Dan Gattis said this will enable officers to hold the most serious DWI offenders accountable for their actions.

Additionally, Dan Gattis passed HB 1355, which deals with punishment of irresponsible owners in the case of serious dog attacks.

Beyond this, Dan Gattis passed HB 904, which allows prison sentences for those possessing child pornography to be increased by judges.

Dan Gattis has passed several pieces of legislation that give judges more authority on denying bail on criminal defends, among other issues.

Dan Gattis authored HB 136, which enables counties and cities to freeze property tax rates for those who are disabled or are over the age of 65.

Also dealing with property tax issues, Dan Gattis passed SB 392 and HB 2346 which deals with specific knowledge residents must be aware of and their rights to challenge appraisals.

Dan Gattis co-authored HB 263 that reinforces child advocacy centers, and helped the passage of SB 319 and HB 246, known as the "Laci Peterson" law.

Dan Gattis fought to defeat HB 2020 which would have lowered the bonding requirements for oil and gas wells in Texas.