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Texas AI Law Tracker
Source-linked statute and enforcement records.
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The entries below identify the statute or action, its timing and the dated legal status. Court relief and later changes appear in the entry history. Each entry has its own Law checked through date.
| Title | Jurisdiction | Bill or Action | Code Pinpoints | Effective or Event Date | Current Status | Summary | Sources | Related | Law Checked Through |
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| Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act | Texas | HB 149, 2025 | Business and Commerce Code Chapters 551 to 554. | January 1, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Includes targeted prohibitions, disclosure, Attorney General (AG) enforcement, cure, penalties and a regulatory sandbox. | Legal category: Texas statute |
TRAIGA Explained | |
| TRAIGA Changes to Privacy and Biometrics | Texas | HB 149, 2025 | Business and Commerce Code 541.104 and 503.001. | January 1, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Processor assistance is separate from contract terms; AI and security biometric exceptions are conditional. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Health Records and Diagnostic AI | Texas | SB 1188, 2025 | Health and Safety Code Chapter 183. | September 1, 2025; storage transition January 1, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Diagnosis-related AI disclosures and physician review; electronic records stored in the US or a US territory. | Legal category: Texas statute |
AI in Texas Health Care | |
| Automated Utilization Review | Texas | SB 815, 2025 | Insurance Code 4201.002, .156 and .303. | September 1, 2025; specified plans January 1, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Bars covered adverse determinations made wholly or partly by an automated system; administrative and fraud uses differ. | Legal category: Texas statute |
AI in Insurance and Financial Services | |
| Government AI Systems | Texas | SB 1964, 2025 | Government Code 2054.701 to .713, as added by SB 1964. | September 1, 2025; implementing rules March 18, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Assessments, responsibilities, transparency and vendor provisions have entity-specific coverage. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Government AI and Public Records | |
| State AI Governance and Reporting | Texas | HB 2818, 2025 | Government Code 2054.701 to .705, as added by HB 2818. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | These section numbers overlap SB 1964. Name the act with the pinpoint. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Government AI and Public Records | |
| Government AI Training and Ethics | Texas | HB 3512, 2025 | Government Code 2054.5191 and .5192. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Read training-program coverage and the employing entity’s duties. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Government AI and Public Records | |
| Sexual Deepfakes | Texas | SB 441, 2025 | Penal Code 21.165; Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 98B. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Criminal written-consent elements and civil remedies differ; Section 98B.002 contains a 72-hour request duty. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
| Social Media Explicit Deepfake Reports | Texas | HB 3133, 2025 | Business and Commerce Code 120.102 and .1025. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Immediate confirmation, removal and reasonable copy-removal efforts; a seven-day status update is not a seven-day removal allowance. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
| AI Sexual Material Tools and Minors | Texas | HB 581, 2025 | Civil Practice and Remedies Code 129B.002 and .0045. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Age and access restrictions; the specified adult-consent source-image exception has conditions. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Minors, Apps, and AI | |
| Obscene Visual Material Appearing to Depict a Child | Texas | SB 20, 2025 | Penal Code 43.235. | September 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Includes artificially generated material meeting the offense definition; not a ban on every illustration of a minor. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
| App Store Accountability Act | Texas | SB 2420, 2025 | Business and Commerce Code Chapter 121. | January 1, 2026, subject to litigation orders | Statute in Effect; Injunction Stayed | December 2025 injunction; June 4, 2026 Fifth Circuit stay; July 6, 2026 Supreme Court refusal to vacate stay; August 4, 2026 Fifth Circuit oral argument. The cited orders permitted enforcement without deciding the merits. A complete current docket check was not available. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Minors, Apps, and AI | |
| Election Deepfake Video | Texas | Existing statute | Election Code 255.004. | Existing statute in effect; proposed 2025 expansion not enacted | Statute in Effect | The existing Election Code provision governs: intent, content, and 30-day election-window elements. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
| SCOPE Act and Fifth Circuit Relief | Texas | HB 18, 2023 | Business and Commerce Code Chapter 509. | September 1, 2024, subject to judicial relief | Statute in Effect; Partly Stayed | July 24, 2026 opinion affirmed CCIA/NetChoice preliminary relief on 509.053 and vacated the separate SEAT relief for standing. It did not invalidate the entire act. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Minors, Apps, and AI | |
| Texas Data Privacy and Security Act | Texas | HB 4, 2023 | Business and Commerce Code Chapter 541. | July 1, 2024; small-business sensitive-sale provision January 1, 2025 | Statute in Effect | Covered-controller duties and small-business 541.107 have different scope. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Commercial Biometric Identifiers | Texas | Existing CUBI; amended by HB 149 | Business and Commerce Code 503.001. | Existing statute; AI amendments January 1, 2026 | Statute in Effect | Consent, possession and destruction provisions; exemptions and exceptions must be read separately. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Pieces Health Care AI Settlement | Texas | Enforcement settlement | DTPA assurances of voluntary compliance. | September 18, 2024 announced | Settled Enforcement Action | Accuracy and safety marketing allegations resolved by agreement; not a trial finding. | Legal category: AG enforcement settlement |
Before a Business Adopts an AI Tool | |
| Meta Biometric Settlement | Texas | Enforcement settlement | Business and Commerce Code 503.001. | July 30, 2024 announced | Settled Enforcement Action | $1.4 billion announced settlement concerning alleged biometric practices. | Legal category: AG enforcement settlement |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Google Privacy Settlement | Texas | Enforcement settlement | Biometric, location and incognito allegations. | October 31, 2025 finalized | Settled Enforcement Action | $1.375 billion final resolution; the May 9, 2025 announcement described an agreement in principle. | Legal category: AG enforcement settlement |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Allstate and Arity Privacy Suit | Texas | Enforcement lawsuit | TDPSA allegations involving driving data. | January 13, 2025 announced | Enforcement Litigation; Allegations | The January 13, 2025 filing announcement is not an adjudicated violation. The announcement’s accusations are allegations, not findings. Trial-court orders, remaining defendants, and Fifteenth Court appeal posture (including appeals 15-25-00082-CV and 15-25-00213-CV) were not confirmed from a readable order; a secondary report references an April 2025 jurisdictional dismissal order that could not be verified. | Legal category: AG enforcement lawsuit |
Personal Data and Biometric Information in AI Systems | |
| Mental Health Chatbot Investigation | Texas | Agency investigation | Meta AI Studio and Character.AI. | August 18, 2025 announced | Agency Investigation | Investigation announcement, not a liability finding. | Legal category: AG investigation |
Chatbots and AI Companions | |
| TRAIGA Complaint Portal | Texas | Complaint portal | Business and Commerce Code 552.102; HB 149 Section 8. | September 1, 2026 statutory deadline; portal accessible October 10 check | Enforcement Infrastructure Available | Live official complaint mechanism verified; the page does not establish its first day online. | Legal category: AG complaint portal |
The TRAIGA Complaint Portal Is Open | |
| DIR AI Rules and Code of Ethics | Texas | Agency rule | March 13, 2026 Texas Register adoption. | March 18, 2026 | Agency Rules in Effect | Seven ethics principles; implementation coverage differs by entity and system. | Legal category: Texas agency rule |
DIR Adopts a Statewide AI Code of Ethics | |
| TDI AI Bulletin | Texas | Agency guidance | Insurance regulatory expectations. | June 12, 2026 issued | Agency Guidance | Supervisory expectations under existing law; a bulletin is not independently a statute. | Legal category: Texas agency guidance |
TDI Bulletin B-0003-26 on Insurers’ Use of AI | |
| Federal State-AI-Law Executive Action | Federal | Executive action | Task force, Commerce review and funding directions. | December 11, 2025 issued | Executive Action | Task force memo January 9, 2026 and Colorado intervention request April 24, 2026 verified. These documents do not themselves preempt a Texas statute. | Legal category: Federal executive action |
Federal Preemption and State AI Laws | |
| White House AI Legislative Framework | Federal | Policy recommendations | National policy recommendations. | March 20, 2026 released | Recommendations | Recommendations to Congress, not enacted duties. | Legal category: Federal policy recommendations |
Federal Preemption and State AI Laws | |
| FTC AI Accuracy Statement | Federal | Agency proposal | Proposed policy statement. | Posted June 30, 2026; comments closed July 31, 2026 | Proposed Agency Policy | Agency comment record identifies a proposal. It is not itself a federal preemption holding. | Legal category: Federal agency proposal |
The FTC’s Proposed Policy Statement on AI Accuracy | |
| TAKE IT DOWN Platform Duties | Federal | Public Law 119-12 | Section 3 valid-notice removal process. | May 19, 2026 platform compliance date | Statute in Effect | 48-hour removal and reasonable efforts for identified copies after a valid request; platform definition controls. | Legal category: Federal statute |
TAKE IT DOWN Act Platform Duties Are Now Enforceable | |
| Texas Court Filing Rule Proposal | Texas | Court rule proposal | Docket 26-9054. TRCP 13; TRAP 9 and 52. | June 26, 2026 proposal | Proposed Court Rules | The proposal anticipated October 1, 2026; no final adoption order was located. Do not call the proposal effective. | Legal category: Texas court rule proposal |
AI in Legal Research and Court Filings | |
| Northern District AI Brief Disclosure | Federal | Court rule | September 1, 2026 local civil rules. | September 1, 2026 | Court Rule in Effect | First-page brief disclosure; current judge requirements are separate and can be stricter. | Legal category: Federal court rule |
AI in Legal Research and Court Filings | |
| Federal Evidence Rule 707 Proposal | Federal | Rulemaking proposal | September 23, 2026 agenda release. | Published version withdrawn May 7, 2026; further study | Proposed Rule; Not Operative | Modified proposal scheduled for October 15, 2026 discussion, after this research cutoff. | Legal category: Federal rulemaking proposal |
Proposed Federal Evidence Rule 707 Returns for Further Study | |
| Next Texas Regular Session | Texas | Official calendar | 90th Legislature. | Prefiling November 9, 2026; session January 12, 2027 | Official Future Calendar | Watch subjects are editorial analysis, not filed bills or predictions of enactment. | Legal category: Official calendar |
The 2027 Texas Session: Calendar and What to Watch | |
| United States v. Heppner | Federal | Court decision | Attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine. | February 17, 2026 | Decided | The Southern District of New York rejected privilege and work product protection for a defendant's self-directed consumer AI research undertaken without his lawyers' direction and later shared with them. The fact-specific ruling does not decide every lawyer-directed or enterprise AI workflow. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
Privilege and AI Tools Heppner and Privilege for Consumer AI Research AI Court Orders and Ethics in Texas AI Conversations Are Records |
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| Warner v. Gilbarco, Inc. | Federal | Court decision | Work-product protection for pro se litigation preparation. | February 10, 2026 | Decided | A pro se litigant's ChatGPT litigation preparation stayed protected as work product in the Eastern District of Michigan, a factual contrast with the self-directed consumer AI use that lost protection in United States v. Heppner. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
AI Court Orders and Ethics in Texas AI Patents and Trade Secrets in Texas |
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| Comet Technologies USA, Inc. v. XP Power, LLC | Federal | Court decision | Defend Trade Secrets Act ascertainability element. | July 14, 2026 | Decided | The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded a DTSA judgment, assigning the plaintiff the burden on the ascertainability element. The decision did not decide an AI reconstruction issue. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
AI and Trade Secret Protection Comet v. XP Power and the Burden on Ascertainability Federal Laws That Apply to AI Use |
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| Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow Co., Ltd. | Federal | Court decision | Defend Trade Secrets Act discovery rule. | May 28, 2026 | Decided | The Federal Circuit applied the Defend Trade Secrets Act discovery rule to the case's own facts, setting aside a verdict on limitations grounds where the plaintiff knew or should have known the critical facts more than three years before suing. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
AI and Trade Secret Protection | |
| DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc. v. Pethick | Federal | Court decision | Trade secret identification with specificity. | April 3, 2025 | Decided | The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment against a Dallas-headquartered consulting firm whose overbroad customer-database claim neither distinguished public from non-public information nor identified the claimed secrets with specificity. The case did not involve AI. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
AI and Trade Secret Protection Prompts and System Prompts as Trade Secrets |
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| X.AI Corp. v. OpenAI, Inc. | Federal | Court decision | Trade secret pleading; inducement, acquisition or disclosure. | June 15, 2026 | Decided | On June 15, 2026, the Northern District of California dismissed xAI's amended trade-secret complaint against OpenAI without further leave to amend, finding insufficient allegations connecting OpenAI itself to the asserted inducement, acquisition or disclosure. The order is a pleading ruling, not a finding that employee transfers are always lawful. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
xAI v. OpenAI and Coordinated Departures Departing Employees, New Hires, and AI |
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| Thaler v. Perlmutter (Certiorari Denied) | Federal | Court decision | Copyright authorship of AI-generated works. | March 2, 2026 | Certiorari Denied | The D.C. Circuit affirmed refusal to register a work listing an AI system as author, and the Supreme Court denied certiorari on March 2, 2026. The denial is not a Supreme Court merits ruling. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
Ownership of AI-Assisted Work AI Patents and Trade Secrets in Texas |
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| Brown v. Ames | Federal | Court decision | Copyright Act preemption defense rejected. | February 7, 2000 | Decided | The Fifth Circuit affirmed Texas name-and-likeness misappropriation claims by musicians whose names and likenesses were used to market recordings, rejecting a Copyright Act preemption defense because a person's name and likeness are not copyrightable. It was not an AI or cloned-voice case. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
| OpenAI Preservation Orders | Federal | Court decision | Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e). | October 9, 2025 | Decided | An October 9, 2025 stipulation and order in the consolidated OpenAI copyright litigation terminated the broad forward-looking duty to preserve and segregate ChatGPT output logs effective September 26, 2025, while continuing specified preservation duties and leaving ordinary Rule 37(e) duties unchanged. | Legal category: Federal court decision |
AI Conversations Are Records | |
| Election Deepfake Expansion (SB 893, 2025) | Texas | Unenacted bill | Election Code 255.004 (proposed audio-and-image expansion). | Not enacted in 2025 | Not Enacted | The proposed audio-and-image expansion of the election deepfake provision was not enacted in 2025; the existing statute’s elements continue to govern. | Legal category: Texas statute |
Deepfakes, Voice Clones, and Likeness | |
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