Background
Bates, Gail H. was born on December 24, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bates, Gail H. was born on December 24, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bates graduated from the University of Maryland in 1968 with a Bachelor of Surgery in She later took courses at UMBC.
In the 2002 election, Bates defeated Democrats Walter East. Carson and Tony McGuffin to maintain her seat. in 2006, District 9A would be represented by two delegates. She then served as an office manager for Henry and Richard Block from 1976-1980. In 1980, she held a position as a tax supervisor for Mark Buckley, Certified Public Accountant From 1983 to 1984 she was a manager for the Records and Tax Department of the Maryland Farm Bureau.
Since 1984, she has been a sole proprietor as a Certified Public Accountant.
She has served with the Christian Jail Ministry since 1997 and the Howard County Farm Bureau since 1998. She has been the Treasurer of the Howard County Tourism Council since 2004.
In 2007, Bates sponsored a bill that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman in the state of Maryland, barring same sex marriage in the state. The bill was voted down in the Judiciary Committee.
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She was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates selected to replace Robert Kittleman in the Maryland House of Delegates in February 2002 when Kittleman was selected to replace Chris McCabe in the Maryland State Senate. Bates has been an active member of different organizations such as the Howard County Republican Club, the Maryland Federation of Republican Women, the Howard County Republican Central Committee (serving as Treasurer from 1980 until 1984), the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, and Howard County Republican Women, serving as president since 2001. As a member of the Maryland General Assembly, Bates serves on the Appropriations Committee, the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, and the Special Joint Committee on Pensions.
She was a board member of the Howard County Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1996 until 1999.
Married; 2 children.