Texas AI Law

Topic

Texas AI Statutes

The statutes Texas has written specifically about artificial intelligence, what they require and who enforces them.

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Short Answer

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.

Key Authorities

Texas AI-specific

Business and Commerce Code chapters 551 to 554 (TRAIGA); Health and Safety Code § 183.005 (SB 1188); Insurance Code § 4201.156 (SB 815); Government Code chapter 2054, subchapter S (SB 1964); Penal Code § 21.165 and Civil Practice and Remedies Code chapter 98B (SB 441); Business and Commerce Code chapter 120 (HB 3133), covering explicit deepfake reporting and platform removal duties; Business and Commerce Code chapter 121 (SB 2420), covering app stores and minors; and Election Code § 255.004 (AI-specific provision within the generally applicable Election Code).

Generally applicable Texas law

Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Business and Commerce Code chapter 17; Election Code § 255.004; Civil Practice and Remedies Code chapter 98B (AI-specific provisions within the generally applicable Civil Practice and Remedies Code).

Federal

Executive Order 14365 (executive action that does not itself displace state law).

Guides

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.

Synthetic Media and Deepfakes Under Texas Law

Texas criminalizes sexually explicit deepfakes and election deepfakes, and imposes civil duties on digital platforms toward minors. The statutes, the enforcement, and the defenses, as written.

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

Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) AI rules took effect March 18, 2026, with coverage that differs by entity and system.

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