Keresa Johnson Richardson, Texas State Representative of the 61st district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/keresa.richardson.16
Keresa Johnson Richardson, Texas State Representative of the 61st district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/keresa.richardson.16
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the provision of certain electricity services’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill revises the Utilities Code to clarify the definition of "transmission service" while excluding specific services provided by generation resources post-implementation of customer choice. It mandates that municipalities, upon receiving requests from electric utilities concerning transmission facility siting or activities such as construction or enlargement, must respond within 90 days with conditions the utilities must meet. If a municipality does not respond within this timeframe, consent is assumed. Additionally, electric utilities are authorized to construct, maintain, and operate lines over or through public properties like state highways and streets. The bill will take effect immediately upon receiving the required legislative support; otherwise, it becomes effective Sept. 1, 2025.
Keresa Richardson, member of the House Committee on S/C on International Relations, proposed another 11 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Richardson graduated from Texas A & M University in 1979.
Keresa Richardson is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 61st House district. She replaced previous state representative Frederick Frazier in 2025.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4797 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the reorganization of the court of appeals districts |
| HB 4200 | 03/31/2025 | Relating to requiring certain disclosures in relation to the purchase of electronic media by consumers; providing a civil penalty |
| HB 4198 | 03/31/2025 | Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty |
| HB 3978 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition |
| HB 3975 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to authorizing a credit union to act as a school district depository |
| HB 3974 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to a toll-free telephone hotline established by the Texas Department of Transportation for reporting dangerous road conditions |
| HB 3973 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to prohibiting a fee for a parent-taught driver education provider license |
| HB 3972 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students in certain grade levels |
| HB 3760 | 03/26/2025 | Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain materials used in trapping feral hogs |
| HB 3585 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to the employment policies of and criminal history record information obtained by mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the prohibited employment of certain applicants based on criminal history record information |
| HB 3058 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the admission of persons holding certain nonimmigrant visas to public institutions of higher education |
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