AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

TexasTexasLawSB 751

Election deepfake video offense

Makes it a crime to create and publish a deep fake video within 30 days of an election with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Took effectSep 1, 2019 7 years ago

Body
Texas Legislature
Session
2019
Introduced
Feb 11, 2019
In effect since
Sep 1, 20197 years ago
Votes
Senate 31-0, House 144-0
Sponsors
R (Republican)Republican

Timeline

  1. Sep 1, 2019 7 years ago

    Took effect

  2. Jun 14, 2019 7 years ago

    Signed by the governor

  3. May 25, 2019 7 years ago

    Senate concurred in House amendments

  4. May 22, 2019 7 years ago

    Passed the House

  5. Apr 17, 2019 7 years ago

    Passed the Senate

  6. Feb 11, 2019 7 years ago

    Filed in the Senate

Sponsors

  • R (Republican)Bryan Hughes
  • R (Republican)Morgan Meyer
Texas
TexasHB 149

Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA)

Bans developing or deploying AI systems for certain intentional harms such as behavioral manipulation toward self-harm, unlawful discrimination, government social scoring and sexual deepfakes of minors, requires state agencies to disclose AI use to consumers, and creates an AI regulatory sandbox and the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council, enforced by the attorney general.

In force
Texas
TexasHB 581

Age verification for AI nudify tools

Requires commercial websites and apps that offer tools to create artificial sexual material using real people's likenesses to verify users are adults, with civil penalties.

In force
Texas
TexasSB 20

AI-generated obscene depictions of children

Creates a criminal offense for possessing, promoting or producing obscene visual material that appears to depict a child, including AI-generated or animated images.

In force
Texas
TexasSB 441

Deepfake sexual media and artificial intimate visual material

Creates civil liability and expands criminal offenses for producing or distributing nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake media and artificial intimate visual material, with an affirmative defense for AI application providers that prohibit and take steps to prevent such content.

In force
Texas
TexasHB 449

Sexually explicit deepfake media

Would have broadened the offense of producing or distributing sexually explicit deepfakes from videos to any deepfake media, including images.

Vetoed

Change log

  • AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27

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