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 municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Local Government Code to allow municipalities in Texas to annex areas with populations of fewer than 200 people under specific conditions. Annexation is permitted if more than 50% of registered voters in the area consent through a petition. If registered voters do not own more than half of the land, over 50% of landowners must also sign the petition. The bill limits municipalities to annexing just one area per calendar year under this provision. If it receives a two-thirds vote in both legislative houses, the bill takes effect immediately; 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 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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