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

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149, 89th Legislature)
- **Jurisdiction**: Texas (United States)
- **Category**: transparency
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Applies from**: 2026-01-01
- **Provision**: Business and Commerce Code Section 551.051

## What the duty requires

A governmental agency that makes an AI system available to interact with consumers must disclose to each consumer, before or at the time of the interaction, that they are interacting with an AI system. The disclosure is owed even where the AI nature of the interaction would be obvious, must be clear and conspicuous, written in plain language and may not use a dark pattern; a hyperlink to the disclosure is acceptable for online services.

## What an organisation does about it

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.

## Controls that meet this duty

- AI interaction and use disclosure notices (satisfies): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure
- Public-sector AI use-case register and algorithmic transparency (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/public-sector-ai-use-case-register

## Parent instrument

- Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149, 89th Legislature)
  - 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/obligations/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga-government-agency-ai-interaction-disclosure
- **Official source**: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149
- **Provision**: Business and Commerce Code Section 551.051
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-24
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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