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Texas enacts TRAIGA with intent-based AI bans and a 36-month sandbox

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Source: DLA Piper: Texas adopts the Responsible AI Governance ActAlso reported by Sheppard Mullin

Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, on 22 June 2025, effective 1 January 2026. It requires state agencies to tell people when they are dealing with AI, bars government social scoring and some biometric identification without consent, and bans intentionally using AI to incite self-harm, developing AI with the intent to unlawfully discriminate, and developing it with the sole intent of producing child sexual abuse material. The Attorney General enforces it after a 60-day cure period, with penalties up to $200,000 per uncurable violation, and a 36-month sandbox run by the Department of Information Resources.

Why it matters

AI developers and deployers in Texas face intent-based prohibitions enforced only by the Attorney General, while state agencies must disclose AI use to the public.

When
22 Jun 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0105
Where
Texas
Who
Texas Attorney General, Texas Department of Information Resources, Texas Artificial Intelligence Council; Greg Abbott
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from DLA Piper and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2025-0105: “Texas enacts TRAIGA with intent-based AI bans and a 36-month sandbox.” wheresthe.ai, 22 Jun 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-tx-traiga-hb149-signed-2025-06/ (source: DLA Piper: Texas adopts the Responsible AI Governance Act).

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