{"slug":"us-texas","name":"Texas (United States)","short_name":"Texas","iso_code":"US-TX","jurisdiction_type":"state","region":"Americas","subregion":"Northern America","overview":"Texas enacted the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA, HB 149) in June 2025, effective 1 January 2026. Narrower than Colorado's law, it prohibits specific harmful uses (manipulation to incite self-harm or crime, social scoring by government, unlawful discrimination with intent, certain biometric identification by government, sexual deepfakes of minors), requires government agencies to disclose AI interaction to consumers, creates an AI regulatory sandbox and a Texas AI Council, and gives the Attorney General exclusive enforcement with a 60-day cure period.","regulatory_status_summary":"TRAIGA in force from 1 January 2026; enforcement by the Attorney General.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.","current_priorities":null,"regulators":[{"name":"Office of the Attorney General of Texas","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/","role":"Exclusive enforcement of TRAIGA"},{"name":"Texas Department of Information Resources","url":"https://dir.texas.gov/","role":"Administers the AI regulatory sandbox and state AI guidance"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act)","publisher":"Texas Legislature Online","url":"https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149","document_date":"2025-06-22","document_type":"legislation","tier":1}],"related_jurisdictions":["us","us-california","us-colorado"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-texas","source":{"official_source_url":"https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149","source_title":"HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act)","source_publisher":"Texas Legislature Online","source_document_date":"2025-06-22","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga","id":"AIPT-POL-0227","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0227","title":"Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149, 89th Legislature)","short_title":"Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA)","jurisdiction":"us-texas","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Texas Legislature","summary_plain":"Signed on 22 June 2025 and effective 1 January 2026, TRAIGA bans developing or deploying AI systems intended to manipulate people into self-harm or crime, government social scoring, biometric identification by government from public data without consent, intentional unlawful discrimination against protected classes, and production of child sexual abuse material or unlawful sexual deepfakes. State agencies and health-care providers must disclose AI interactions. It creates a 36-month regulatory sandbox administered by the Department of Information Resources, a Texas Artificial Intelligence Council, and gives the Attorney General exclusive enforcement with civil penalties after a 60-day cure period; disparate impact alone does not prove intent to discriminate.","adopted_on":"2025-06-22","in_force_on":"2026-01-01","applies_from":"2026-01-01","official_source_url":"https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga"}]}