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Keresa Richardson
Republican · Representative

Keresa Richardson

Represents District 61 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans
94%
on 909 party-line votes · House Republicans median 87%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 4,159 of 4,272 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
10 of 43
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 30
Roll calls on record
4,272
89th Legislature Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 12, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 89th Legislature Regular Session.

How Keresa Richardson votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Keresa Richardson sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Keresa Richardson is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

57 of 909 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

HB5682 · Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4082 · 2025-05-30 · Passed 82–53 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3966 · Relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services to provide certain notifications to residents concerning operations.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4022 · 2025-05-29 · Passed 89–44 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3711 · Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office.
Nay
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4009 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 82–40 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB857 · Relating to the authorized removal of certain motor vehicles.
Nay
Read 3rd time RV#3913 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 83–54 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB857 · Relating to the authorized removal of certain motor vehicles.
Nay
Read 2nd time RV#3815 · 2025-05-27 · Passed 82–60 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB1610 · Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.
Yea
Amendment fails of adoption RV#3746 · 2025-05-27 · Failed 59–82 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2024 · Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Nay
Motion to table fails RV#3623 · 2025-05-27 · Failed 66–71 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB30 · Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.
Yea
Amendment amended RV#3582 · 2025-05-26 · Passed 72–70 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB3059 · Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
Yea
RV#3567 · 2025-05-26 · Passed 74–61 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB3059 · Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
Nay
Motion to table fails RV#3566 · 2025-05-26 · Failed 54–84 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB1 · General Appropriations Bill.
Nay
Amendment as amended fails of adoption RV#143 · 2025-04-11 · Failed 72–72
HB2060 · Relating to a study on the coverage of certain infants under Medicaid.
Nay
Read 3rd time RV#2872 · 2025-05-16 · Failed 59–58
HB871 · Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities.
Nay
Amended RV#2718 · 2025-05-15 · Failed 64–63
HB3045 · Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.
Nay
Read 3rd time RV#1802 · 2025-05-08 · Failed 70–69
HB3556 · Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties.
Nay
1-Villalobos RV#1525 · 2025-05-06 · Failed 72–71
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Richard RaymondDemocrat · District 42 · 2,004 shared contested votes
52%
Sergio MuñozDemocrat · District 36 · 1,959 shared contested votes
48%
Terry CanalesDemocrat · District 40 · 1,584 shared contested votes
44%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (113 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 5 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 5 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 1 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 1129 roll calls, 51 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 3086 roll calls, 61 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 46 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Keresa Richardson was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced43
Out of committee20
Passed one chamber12
Passed both chambers10
Became law10
Never left committee23

For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 30 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Education 8Property Interests 7Civil Remedies & Liabilities 6Resolutions 5Education–Primary & Secondary 5Crimes 4
Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.
Became lawSee remarks for effective date · 2025-06-20
Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program in certain counties.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Became lawSigned by the Governor · 2025-06-20
Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-05-30
Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States.
Out of committeeCommittee report sent to Calendars · 2025-05-24
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-05-24
Honoring the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23
Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-16
Relating to the time period for which certain funds payable under a construction contract must be reserved for the benefit of mechanic's lien claimants.
Out of committeePlaced on General State Calendar · 2025-05-15
Relating to compliance reviews of assisted living facilities.
Out of committeePlaced on General State Calendar · 2025-05-14
Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
Out of committeeLaid on the table subject to call · 2025-05-14
Relating to prohibitions in connection with certain sales of clothing on an Internet website or software application; providing a civil penalty.
Out of committeePlaced on General State Calendar · 2025-05-13

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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SCR55 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1964. (Adopted RV#4168)
Passed · 126-12
Yea
HCR172 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 441. (Adopted RV#4169)
Passed · 132-0
Yea
HCR171 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4167)
Passed · 138-0
Yea
SB293 · 2025-06-02
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty. (Rules suspended RV#4170)
Passed · 127-15
Yea
SB293 · 2025-06-02
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4171)
Passed · 114-26
Yea
HB2017 · 2025-06-01
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4128)
Passed · 96-38
Yea
SB8 · 2025-06-01
Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4130)
Passed · 89-52
Yea
SB2900 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain advisory entities and work groups under the jurisdiction of the comptroller of public accounts or on which the comptroller's office is represented and to the repeal or redesignation of certain of those entities. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4140)
Passed · 107-28
Yea
HB2885 · 2025-06-01
Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4127)
Passed · 101-27
Yea
SB650 · 2025-06-01
Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4149)
Passed · 82-57
Nay
HB3642 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4142)
Passed · 135-0
Yea
SB3059 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4136)
Passed · 104-31
Yea
HB1545 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4161)
Passed · 122-13
Yea
HB5246 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4129)
Passed · 83-52
Yea
HR1499 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 650. (Adopted RV#4148)
Passed · 86-48
Nay
SB568 · 2025-06-01
Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4139)
Passed · 126-6
Yea
HB2516 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4147)
Passed · 132-5
Yea
HB2963 · 2025-06-01
Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4150)
Passed · 132-6
Yea
HR1514 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 40. (Adopted RV#4155)
Passed · 108-24
Yea
SB2024 · 2025-06-01
Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4165)
Passed · 96-35
Nay
SB1405 · 2025-06-01
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4134)
Passed · 102-36
Nay
SB2878 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, mandatory expunction for certain persons, record retention, and youth diversion; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4131)
Passed · 136-2
Yea
SCR54 · 2025-06-01
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make a correction in S.B. No. 2268. (Adopted RV#4126)
Passed · 127-5
Yea
SB15 · 2025-06-01
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4137)
Passed · 78-57
Nay
SB2753 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4157)
Passed · 84-45
Yea
HB119 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4135)
Passed · 101-36
Yea
SB268 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4144)
Passed · 79-46
Yea
HB46 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4162)
Passed · 128-12
Yea
SB1610 · 2025-06-01
Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4151)
Passed · 121-16
Yea
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4156)
Passed · 95-39
Yea
HB705 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4153)
Passed · 127-10
Yea
HR1523 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4162)
Passed · 128-12
Yea
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4159)
Passed · 97-39
Yea
HB493 · 2025-06-01
Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4145)
Passed · 90-44
Yea
HR1501 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 568. (Adopted RV#4138)
Passed · 123-11
Yea
SB1660 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4160)
Passed · 109-25
Yea
SB2217 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain election practices and procedures. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4146)
Passed · 130-7
Yea
HR1519 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 705. (Adopted RV#4152)
Passed · 96-36
Yea
SB1540 · 2025-06-01
Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4154)
Passed · 128-9
Yea
HR1515 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972. (Adopted RV#4158)
Passed · 109-27
Yea
HR1496 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642. (Adopted RV#4141)
Passed · 133-0
Yea
HR1495 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2308. (Adopted RV#4132)
Passed · 121-15
Yea
HB46 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4163)
Passed · 138-1
Yea
HB3909 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4143)
Passed · 127-9
Yea
SCR56 · 2025-06-01
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4164)
Passed · 137-0
Yea
SB2308 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4133)
Passed · 134-4
Yea
SB37 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4104)
Passed · 83-47
Yea
SB447 · 2025-05-31
Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4113)
Passed · 129-1
Yea
SB1566 · 2025-05-31
Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4112)
Passed · 132-0
Yea
SB1506 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4111)
Passed · 121-9
Yea
HB3372 · 2025-05-31
Relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by school district administrators; providing a civil penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4108)
Passed · 121-6
Yea
HB3595 · 2025-05-31
Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4106)
Passed · 110-23
Yea
HB300 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4099)
Passed · 121-8
Yea
SB441 · 2025-05-31
Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4122)
Passed · 90-33
Yea
HB2067 · 2025-05-31
Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4110)
Passed · 128-0
Yea
SB457 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4109)
Passed · 111-19
Yea
SB2018 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4116)
Passed · 97-27
Yea
SB2337 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4121)
Passed · 82-41
Yea
SB763 · 2025-05-31
Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4114)
Passed · 104-29
Yea
HB145 · 2025-05-31
Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4120)
Passed · 103-21
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 4272 total roll-call votes this session).
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