AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

TexasTexasLawSB 1361

Sexually explicit deepfake videos offense

Created a criminal offense for producing or distributing sexually explicit deepfake videos of a person without consent.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Took effectSep 1, 2023 3 years ago

Body
Texas Legislature
Session
2023
Introduced
Mar 1, 2023
In effect since
Sep 1, 20233 years ago
Votes
Senate 31-0, House 143-0
Sponsors
R (Republican)Republican
Topics
Deepfakes

Timeline

  1. Sep 1, 2023 3 years ago

    Took effect

  2. Jun 2, 2023 3 years ago

    Signed by the governor

  3. May 18, 2023 3 years ago

    Passed the House

  4. Apr 20, 2023 3 years ago

    Passed the Senate

  5. Mar 1, 2023 3 years ago

    Filed in the Senate

Sponsors

  • R (Republican)Joan Huffman
  • R (Republican)Dustin Burrows
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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