# Texas (United States)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Texas
- **ISO code**: US-TX
- **Type**: state
- **Region**: Americas / Northern America

## In brief

Texas (United States) has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. TRAIGA in force from 1 January 2026; enforcement by the Attorney General. Regulators include Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Texas Department of Information Resources.

## 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

TRAIGA in force from 1 January 2026; enforcement by the Attorney General.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

## Regulators

- Office of the Attorney General of Texas — Exclusive enforcement of TRAIGA — https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/
- Texas Department of Information Resources — Administers the AI regulatory sandbox and state AI guidance — https://dir.texas.gov/

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
- Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

## Official sources

- HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act) — Texas Legislature Online — https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149, 89th Legislature)** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-texas
- **Official source**: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149
- **Source document**: HB 149, 89th Legislature (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act)
- **Published by**: Texas Legislature Online
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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