Government agencies must disclose to consumers that they are interacting with an AI system

Practical action

Put a plain-language AI notice at the entry point of every public-facing chatbot, voice line or automated service and keep a screenshot record.

Who does it apply to?

Texas state agencies and other governmental agencies that offer consumer-facing AI systems.

Actors

Deployer / user organisationPublic authority / government body

Sectors

Public services and government

Use cases

AI in public servicesGenerative AI and foundation modelsCustomer service and chatbots

Applies from: 1 January 2026

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessProduct owner · at launch and on material change
  AI interaction and use disclosure notices

  Serves 18 recorded duties · evidence: AI interaction or use notice, Notice catalogue, Notice wording approval

  Point-of-interaction notice in plain language.

• supportsProcessAgency AI officer · annual
  Public-sector AI use-case register and algorithmic transparency

  Serves 6 recorded duties · evidence: Public AI use-case inventory, Algorithmic transparency statement for one use case, Inventory review and publication sign-off

  Register identifies the consumer-facing systems that need the notice.

Templates that cover this duty

Generated from the records. Free · no account · links emailed to your work address. This duty is cited in each file with its source reference and a link back here.

• AI Agent Registry and Permission Matrix

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v6

• EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v44

• ISO/IEC 42001 Gap Assessment and Statement of Applicability

  Assessment · XLSX · v3

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v5

All 11 templates that cover it →

What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Government agencies must disclose to consumers that they are interacting with an AI system (Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA))” [AIPT-OBL-0104, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0104 (accessed 8 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0104: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: HB 149 (89R) history and enrolled text, Texas Legislature Online, https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149.

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Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Employers must inform workers and their representatives before using high-risk AI at work — EU AI Act, European Union
• Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers must tell natural persons that a high-risk AI system is used in decisions about them — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers must disclose deepfakes and AI-generated text published on matters of public interest — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way — EU AI Act, European Union
• Deployers must explain individual decisions taken with high-risk AI on request — EU AI Act, European Union
• Frontier developers must publish a transparency report before deploying a new frontier model — California SB 53, California (United States)