Rules · Texas

Texas’s AI law last changed on 1 Sep 2026

Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. It bars some uses of AI, such as systems meant to encourage self-harm, harm to others or crime, and systems built with intent to discriminate unlawfully. It requires government agencies and health care providers to tell people when they deal with AI. It sets up a regulatory sandbox. The attorney general enforces it.

HB 149, 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · in force

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in date order · as of 12 Nov 2026

1 Jan 2026 take effect The Act takes effect, with its bans on some AI uses, its disclosure duties for government entities and health care, and its sandbox program. For: developers and deployers of AI systems in Texas, and government entities. SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. … SECTION 10. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. — HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act), enrolled version
1 Sep 2026 require an attorney general complaint site The Attorney General must post the online form through which consumers can submit complaints under the Act. For: Texas Attorney General. SECTION 8. Not later than September 1, 2026, the attorney general shall post on the attorney general's Internet website the information and online mechanism required by Section 552.102, Business & Commerce Code, as added by this Act. — HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act), enrolled version

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Texas Legislature: HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act), enrolled version (enrolled bill text, HTML), read 27 Oct 2026; the copy kept 27 Oct 2026 has sha256 82b55443766c.