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Texas AI Statutes
The statutes Texas has written specifically about artificial intelligence, what they require and who enforces them.
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Texas regulates AI through a set of targeted statutes, most effective in 2025 or January 2026. The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA, HB 149) applies to anyone who does business in Texas or develops or deploys AI here, but its private-sector duties are narrow: it prohibits a short list of intentional misuses, such as AI built to encourage self-harm or to discriminate unlawfully. Its disclosure duty reaches governmental agencies and health care providers, not businesses generally. Only the Attorney General enforces it, after written notice and a 60-day chance to cure. Separate 2025 laws govern AI in health records and diagnosis, insurance utilization review, government use, sexually explicit deepfakes, platform takedowns, app stores and minors. Most AI questions a Texas business faces are still answered by law that does not mention AI, which is why this hub links to How Existing Law Applies to AI in Texas. The first step is to identify the actual use, the actor, the affected information and the source of the asserted duty. Keep the tool’s instructions, applicable terms and material settings with the approval record. A statute, a court order and a practical control have different legal effects. The Guides below explain those differences; the Tracker preserves the effective dates and the dated enforcement or litigation events. Related Insights cover individual developments without replacing the underlying Guide.
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TRAIGA Explained
Who the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act covers, what it prohibits, and how the Attorney General enforces it.
Texas AI Laws Beyond TRAIGA
The other Texas statutes that name artificial intelligence, what each requires and whom each reaches.
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness
When synthetic images, video or audio of a real person are unlawful in Texas, and what platforms must do when they appear.
AI in Texas Health Care
The Texas and federal rules that govern AI in diagnosis, records, patient communication and coverage decisions.
Government AI and Public Records
What Texas requires of state agencies, local governments and their vendors when they use AI, and how AI records fit the Public Information Act.
Insights
When Texas Law Requires an AI Disclosure
Business and Commerce Code § 552.051 reaches governmental agencies and health care providers. It does not impose a general labeling rule on private chatbots.
The TRAIGA Complaint Portal Is Open
The Attorney General’s online complaint mechanism, required by HB 149, is the first step in TRAIGA enforcement.
SB 815 Limits Automated Adverse Determinations
Texas utilization review agents may not use automated decision systems to make adverse determinations.
DIR Adopts a Statewide AI Code of Ethics
DIR’s AI rules took effect March 18, 2026, with coverage that differs by entity and system.