{"slug":"us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga-government-social-scoring-prohibition","id":"AIPT-OBL-0107","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0107","title":"Governmental entities must not use AI for social scoring","short_title":"Government social scoring ban","category":"prohibited_practice","summary":"A governmental entity may not develop or deploy an AI system that evaluates or classifies natural persons or groups on the basis of their social behaviour or personal characteristics, with the intent to calculate or assign a social score or similar valuation that leads to detrimental or unfavourable treatment unrelated to the context in which the data was collected, or that is unjustified or disproportionate to the behaviour.\n","practical_action":"Screen agency scoring, eligibility and risk-ranking tools for social-scoring characteristics before procurement or build.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2026-01-01","section":null,"source_reference":"Business and Commerce Code Section 551.053","official_source_url":"https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB149","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","actors":["public_authority"],"sectors":["public_services","law_enforcement"],"use_cases":["public_services","law_enforcement"],"applicability":[{"description":"Texas governmental entities developing or deploying AI that scores or classifies people.","actors":["public_authority"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Prohibited-use screening record for scoring tools","description":null,"artifact_type":"record"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 1.1, MAP 1.1","note":"Legal requirements and context mapping.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Clause 6.1.4; Annex A.5.2","note":"Impact assessment identifies detrimental treatment.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"prohibited-use-screening-gate","title":"Prohibited and unacceptable-use screening gate","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Screens public-sector scoring tools against the ban.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/prohibited-use-screening-gate"},{"slug":"public-sector-ai-use-case-register","title":"Public-sector AI use-case register and algorithmic transparency","kind":"process","relationship":"supports","note":"Register is the population to be screened.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/public-sector-ai-use-case-register"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga-government-social-scoring-prohibition","policy":{"slug":"us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga","title":"Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149, 89th Legislature)","status":"in_force","jurisdiction":"us-texas","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga"}}