{"slug":"us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga-manipulation-prohibition","id":"AIPT-OBL-0106","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0106","title":"Developers and deployers must not use AI to incite self-harm, harm to others or crime","short_title":"Ban on AI that incites harm","category":"prohibited_practice","summary":"A person may not develop or deploy an AI system in a manner that intentionally aims to incite or encourage a person to commit physical self-harm, including suicide, to harm another person, or to engage in criminal activity. The prohibition turns on the developer's or deployer's intent rather than on the system's effects, which is the pattern followed throughout the Act's prohibited-use provisions.\n","practical_action":"Record the intended purpose of each system at design review and add safety testing for self-harm and violence content in conversational products.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2026-01-01","section":null,"source_reference":"Business and Commerce Code Section 551.052","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":["provider","deployer"],"sectors":["cross_sector","media_information","consumer_retail"],"use_cases":["generative_ai","content_moderation","customer_service"],"applicability":[{"description":"Any person developing or deploying AI systems in Texas or for Texas residents.","actors":["provider","deployer"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Intended-purpose statement and prohibited-use screening record","description":null,"artifact_type":"record"},{"title":"Safety evaluation for self-harm and violence content","description":null,"artifact_type":"report"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 1.1, MAP 1.1, MEASURE 2.6","note":"Legal requirements, intended purpose and safety evaluation.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Annex A.9.4, A.6.1.2","note":"Intended use and system objectives.","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 intent and design against the banned purposes.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/prohibited-use-screening-gate"},{"slug":"genai-red-team-testing","title":"Adversarial and red-team testing for generative AI","kind":"technical","relationship":"supports","note":"Tests for harmful-incitement behaviour in generative systems.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/genai-red-team-testing"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-texas-responsible-ai-governance-act-traiga-manipulation-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"}}