Texas HB 149
From State AI laws: enacted, with proof: Which US states have enacted laws about AI systems, when do they start, who enforces them, and what is the penalty?
State: Texas
The state whose legislature passed the law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
This Act may be cited as the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
AN ACT relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: Not stated
The date the governor signed, as the official record writes it. Dates are left in the form the source uses.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Takes effect: January 1, 2026
When the law says its duties begin, in its own words. Some laws start in stages, and the quote shows which duty the date belongs to. Blank if the text gives no date and no official page states one.
This Act takes effect January 1, 2026
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: a person who promotes, advertises, or conducts business in this state, produces a product or service used by residents of this state, or develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system in this state
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
This subtitle applies only to a person who: (1) promotes, advertises, or conducts business in this state; (2) produces a product or service used by residents of this state; or (3) develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system in this state
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: the attorney general
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
The attorney general has exclusive authority to enforce this chapter
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Maximum penalty: not more than $200,000 for each violation the court determines to be uncurable
The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.
for each violation the court determines to be uncurable, not less than $80,000 and not more than $200,000
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Private right of action: No
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
This chapter does not provide a basis for, and is not subject to, a private right of action
Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Latest change: Not stated
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.