AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

TexasTexasLawSB 1343

Data broker notice requirements

Updates the notice that data brokers must post on their websites and include with their Texas registration statements.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Took effectSep 1, 2025 1 year ago

Body
Texas Legislature
Session
2025
Introduced
Feb 18, 2025
In effect since
Sep 1, 20251 year ago
Votes
Senate 31-0, House 141-0
Sponsors
Bipartisan

Timeline

  1. Sep 1, 2025 1 year ago

    Took effect

  2. Jun 20, 2025 1 year ago

    Signed by the governor

  3. May 27, 2025 1 year ago

    Passed the House

  4. Mar 26, 2025 1 year ago

    Passed the Senate

  5. Feb 18, 2025 1 year ago

    Filed in the Senate

Sponsors

  • D (Democrat)Nathan Johnson
  • R (Republican)Caroline Harris Davila
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
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
Texas
TexasSB 1964

Government use of artificial intelligence

Sets rules for state and local government use of AI, including a Department of Information Resources AI code of ethics and minimum standards, inventories of agency AI systems, and reviews of heightened-scrutiny AI systems used in consequential decisions.

In force
Texas
TexasSB 2121

Data broker regulation amendments

Broadens the definition of data broker to any business that collects, processes or transfers personal data it did not collect directly from the individual, removing the principal-revenue test from the 2023 law.

In force
Texas
TexasHB 3186

Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) amendments

Amended the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (Business and Commerce Code 503.001) to limit disclosure of commercially captured biometric identifiers and require their destruction within one year after the collection purpose expires; the act is enforced by the attorney general.

In force

Change log

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

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