AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

TexasTexasBillSB 747

School policies on student deepfake intimate images

Would have required public school policies and programs on the production or distribution of intimate visual material, including deepfakes, by students.

FailedIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawFailed

Died on the House calendar when the regular session adjourned sine dieMay 26, 2025 1 year ago

Body
Texas Legislature
Session
2025
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Sponsors
R (Republican)Republican

Timeline

  1. May 26, 2025 1 year ago

    House: Placed on General State Calendar

  2. Apr 24, 2025 1 year ago

    Passed the Senate

  3. Jan 8, 2025 1 year ago

    Filed in the Senate

Sponsors

  • R (Republican)Phil King
  • R (Republican)Giovanni Capriglione
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
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

Change log

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

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