His district was made up of Milam and part of Williamson County[1] 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.
Dan Gattis is a 6th generation Texan, born in Austin, Texas, to a long time Williamson County farming and ranching family.
Dan is a founder of the Gattis Law Firm, PC, where he predominately practices in the field of representing landowners in eminent domain and condemnation matters and also manages his and his family's farming and ranching operations.
(2009–2010) In January, 2009 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.
[8] In April, 2009 Gattis filed HB 4815, which was intended to require some non-HOA residents of an Austin area suburb to join a nearby mandatory HOA, as their Municipal Utility District (MUD) was to be annexed by the city of Cedar Park.
Gattis has passed several pieces of legislation that give judges more authority on denying bail on criminal defends, among other issues.
[10] (2003–2004) 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.
By loosening the bonding requirement, CSHB 2020 would have weakened the Railroad Commission's ability to prevent pollution by Texas operators.