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Record US-TX-01 · Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149); Texas Business & Commerce Code Title 11, Subtitle D (incl. Chapter 552)
Prohibits developing or deploying AI with intent to incite self-harm, harm or crime, to infringe constitutional rights, or to unlawfully discriminate (disparate impact alone is insufficient). It also bans AI built solely to produce sexual deepfakes or child sexual content, and bans government social scoring and certain government biometric identification. Government agencies and health-care providers must disclose AI use to consumers. The Attorney General enforces exclusively, with a 60-day cure period and civil penalties, and local AI rules are preempted.
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Chapter 552 took effect on 1 Jan 2026. The Attorney General has exclusive enforcement authority and must run an online complaint mechanism; the chapter gives no private right of action. Before suing, the Attorney General must give written notice and wait 60 days, during which the violation can be cured. Civil penalties are $10,000 to $12,000 for a curable violation, $80,000 to $200,000 for an uncurable one and $2,000 to $40,000 a day for a continuing one. A rebuttable presumption of reasonable care applies. A defendant is not liable if another person misuses the system, or if it discovers the violation through feedback, testing including red-teaming, state agency guidelines, or an internal review while substantially complying with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework Generative AI Profile or a comparable framework. State agencies may add sanctions of up to $100,000 against their licensees. Chapter 552 preempts local rules on AI.
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Texas Legislature (89th Legislature, Regular Session); signed by Governor Greg Abbott. Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149) [Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149); Texas Business & Commerce Code Title 11, Subtitle D (incl. Chapter 552)]. 2025-06-22. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.552.htm. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-16 (level C). Local copy archive/US-TX-01/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 18:09:37 UTC, SHA-256 dbfba8a96dc3cd584157ca66aaafdf67e0ed15dd5a0c8a58f3d4bd0f109fc646. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-TX-01.
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