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State Representative, 9th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Gary W Hicks JrOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Gary W Hicks Jr

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; technology director · Rogersville

The gist

  • Sponsored the Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2026.In office
  • Sponsored adding three cancers to firefighters' job-related presumption.In office
  • Sponsored creating a children's digital protection fund.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored the Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2026.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Gary Hicks, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB1867 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2026."”
  2. Sponsored adding three cancers to firefighters' job-related presumption.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Gary Hicks, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB0482 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “adds prostate cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created”
  3. Sponsored creating a children's digital protection fund.

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Gary Hicks, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB2270 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “establishes the children's digital protection fund within the state treasury.”

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