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 including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students in certain grade levels’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill mandates that the health curriculum for public school students in grades six through eight in Texas include instruction on fetal development, emphasizing the humanity of the unborn child and advocating the concept that life begins at fertilization. The curriculum will integrate specific videos, such as LiveAction's "Meet Baby Olivia," St. John Paul II Life Center's "A Glimpse Inside," and PBS's "The Miracle of Life," provided they are publicly available. The changes will begin with the 2025-26 school year. The legislation takes immediate effect if it secures a two-thirds majority in both legislative houses; otherwise, it becomes effective on Sept. 1, 2025.
Keresa Richardson, member of the House Committee on S/C on International Relations, proposed another seven 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 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 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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