Jared was elected to the Texas House in 2018, and proudly serves the taxpayers and residents of House District 106, which encompasses eastern Denton County. During the 86th Legislative Session, he authored or sponsored four bills signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, including the only tollway accountability bill of the session. He co-authored major reforms to property taxes and school finance and helped pass ten pro-2nd Amendment bills. He also served on the House Committees on Business & Industry, Urban Affairs, and Resolutions Calendars, and sat on the policy committee for the Texas House Republican Caucus during the 86th Legislative Session. In 2019, Representative Patterson was appointed to serve as a member of the House Aggregate Production Operations Interim Study Committee, and in 2020, to serve on the Texas Cybersecurity Council. For the 87th Legislative Session, he was appointed to serve on the House Committees on Business & Industry, Calendars, and Homeland Security & Public Safety. Representative Patterson is a member of the Texas House Republican Caucus (THRC), and was re-elected by his colleagues to serve on the THRC Policy Committee for the 87th Session. Following President Trump's leadership with the First Step Act - a bipartisan act committed to criminal justice reform and signed by President Trump in 2018 - Representative Patterson will serve his first session as a member of the Texas House Criminal Justice Reform Caucus. He was also recently elected to serve on the board of the Texas Conservative Coalition. Professionally, Jared is the Director of Energy Services at Rapid Power Management, a retail electric brokerage firm headquartered in Carrollton. Jared and his wife Leslie reside in Frisco with their three kids, Reagan, Austin, and McKinley and their family dog, Teddy. The Pattersons are members of First Baptist Church of Frisco.