AI and data laws

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TexasTexasLawHB 18

SCOPE Act (Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment)

Requires digital service providers to register users' ages, limit collection and use of minors' data, give parents supervision tools, and filter harmful content for known minors.

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Partially enjoined; Fifth Circuit affirmed the injunctions in part on 2026-07-24 and the attorney general petitioned for rehearing en banc on 2026-09-02Sep 2 2 months ago

Body
Texas Legislature
Session
2023
Introduced
Feb 16, 2023
In effect since
Sep 1, 20242 years ago
Votes
House 125-20, Senate 31-0, House concurred 120-21
Sponsors
R (Republican)Republican
Topics
KidsPrivacyPlatforms
Official page Source: CourtListener dockets (W.D. Tex. 1:24-cv-00849, 1:24-cv-00945; 5th Cir. 24-50721); Texas Legislature Online

Timeline

  1. Sep 2 2 months ago

    Attorney general petitioned the Fifth Circuit for rehearing en banc

  2. Jul 24 3 months ago

    Fifth Circuit published opinion affirming the preliminary injunctions in part (Nos. 24-50721, 25-50096)

  3. Feb 7, 2025 1 year ago

    U.S. District Court granted in part a further preliminary injunction in Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton

  4. Sep 1, 2024 2 years ago

    Took effect

  5. Aug 30, 2024 2 years ago

    U.S. District Court (W.D. Tex.) granted in part a preliminary injunction in CCIA and NetChoice v. Paxton, blocking parts of the law

  6. Jun 13, 2023 3 years ago

    Signed by the governor

  7. May 23, 2023 3 years ago

    Passed the Senate

  8. Apr 26, 2023 3 years ago

    Passed the House

Sponsors

  • R (Republican)Shelby Slawson
  • R (Republican)Bryan Hughes
Texas
TexasSB 2420

App Store Accountability Act

Requires mobile app stores to verify user ages, obtain parental consent before minors download apps or make purchases, and share age-category data with developers.

In force
Texas
Texas

Ban on Chinese AI and social media apps on state devices

Governor directive banning AI and social media apps affiliated with the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, including DeepSeek, RedNote and Lemon8, from government-issued devices and adding them to the state prohibited technologies list.

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 1188

Electronic health records and AI in health care

Sets electronic health record requirements, including storage of records in the United States, and allows practitioners to use AI for diagnostic recommendations only if they review AI-generated records and disclose the use to patients.

In force
Texas
TexasHB 130

Genetic information security

Bars covered facilities and companies from using genome sequencers or software produced by foreign adversaries and from storing Texans' genome sequencing data in foreign adversary countries, with civil penalties and a private right of action.

In force

Change log

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

Summaries of public legislative records, executive actions and court rulings, for reference, not legal advice. Check the official page linked on each item. First seen 2026-09-27. Checked against the official source.