AI law in Texas

Includes US federal law, which applies in every state. See also United States (federal).

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The guards that cover the most here

54 guards address 72 items across 2 jurisdictions with binding law: 14 binding law in force, 0 enacted but not yet applying, 34 standards and frameworks, 24 TwinEthos recommended guardrails.

1. AI chat interaction without disclosure

   Show an AI-identity notice at or before the first assistant turn, in the UI or as the opening message, and answer truthfully when asked if it is a bot.

   Addresses 4 items: 1 binding law in force · 2 standards · 1 recommended guardrail

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

2. Health AI without clinician oversight/accountability + redress

   Hold AI-generated clinical output as a draft until an accountable clinician reviews and signs it, and record who approved it before it reaches the chart or the patient.

   Addresses 2 items: 1 binding law in force · 1 standard

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

3. AI agent configured to pose as, or claim affiliation with, a government body or a business it does not represent

   Make the agent's persona, greeting, and scripts name only the operating organization, and never instruct it to claim a government or third-party business identity or endorsement.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in United States (federal) (US).

4. AI intentionally designed to incite harm

   Keep incitement out of prompts, personas, and tuning data, and screen model output for self-harm, violence, and crime encouragement before replies are returned.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

5. Biometric data disclosed to another party without consent

   Check a recorded consent naming the recipient (or a documented exception) before any face or voice template, or identifying image or sample, is sent to a vendor or partner.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

6. Biometric templates stored with no retention limit or destruction path

   Store each face or voice template with its purpose and an expiry, and run a scheduled job that deletes it from every store when the purpose ends or retention lapses.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

7. Face or voice biometric template computed without prior notice and consent

   Check a recorded, purpose-specific biometric notice and consent before any code computes, enrolls, or matches a face or voice template.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

8. Consequential AI decision without consumer notice

   Send the person an AI-use notice on the decision path, before or when an AI system makes or substantially factors a consequential decision about them, and record its delivery.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

9. EHR treatment-decision tool does not take the patient's recorded biological sex as an input

   Feed every EHR treatment-decision tool the patient's sex from the record's dedicated recorded biological-sex field, never from administrative gender or gender identity.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

10. Government AI social scoring with detrimental treatment

    Remove any general social or trustworthiness score built from behaviour or personal traits from government decision paths; decide on criteria tied to the specific program.

    Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

    Law in force in Texas (US-TX).

The top 10 of 54; the build plan ranks all of them and lets you narrow by AI feature.

By AI feature

Plans for one feature in Texas:

• Chat or assistant
• Agents that use tools or take actions
• Decisions about people (hiring, credit, insurance, health)
• Generated text, images, audio or video
• Classification, scoring or biometrics
• Recommendations and feeds
• Embeddings and vector search

Laws

• FTC Impersonation Rule (16 CFR Part 461) United States (federal) (US)
• HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 CFR 160, 164 Subpart E) United States (federal) (US)
• Texas Bus. & Com. Code 503.001 (biometric identifiers) Texas (US-TX)
• Texas SB 1188 (EHR and AI, Health & Safety Code ch. 183) Texas (US-TX)
• Texas TRAIGA Texas (US-TX)
• US State Privacy Laws — Profiling Opt-Out (Virginia-model) Colorado (US-CO), Connecticut (US-CT), Delaware (US-DE), Florida (US-FL), Indiana (US-IN), Kentucky (US-KY), Maryland (US-MD), Minnesota (US-MN), Montana (US-MT), Nebraska (US-NE), New Hampshire (US-NH), New Jersey (US-NJ), Oregon (US-OR), Rhode Island (US-RI), Tennessee (US-TN), Texas (US-TX), Virginia (US-VA)