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Texas TRAIGA (HB 149; in force 2026-01-01)

Intent-based prohibitions on developing or deploying AI (behaviour manipulation, unlawful discrimination); social scoring banned for governmental entities; AI-use disclosure by government agencies and health care providers; a regulatory sandbox; Attorney-General enforcement; local AI rules preempted

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from Texas TRAIGA HB 149 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseTexas TRAIGAHB 149Duty holderDevelopers anddeployers…Applies from2026-01-01In forceArtefactProhibited-usepolicy-as-codeLayersLayer 01Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-19 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from Texas TRAIGA HB 149 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseTexas TRAIGA · HB 149Duty holderDevelopers and deployers doing…Applies from2026-01-01 · In forceArtefactProhibited-use policy-as-codeLayersLayer 01Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-19illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-USTX-TRAIGA. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: Texas TRAIGA, HB 149.
  • Duty holder: Developers and deployers doing….
  • Applies from: 2026-01-01, In force.
  • Artefact: Prohibited-use policy-as-code.
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-USTX-TRAIGA
Instrument
Texas TRAIGA (HB 149) law
Clause
HB 149
In scope
Developers and deployers doing business in Texas
Applies from
In force

The artefact that evidences it

Prohibited-use policy-as-code; AI-use disclosure controls; complaint and incident handling.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Other state AI laws, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). Texas TRAIGA (HB 149; in force 2026-01-01) (AIGE-OBL-USTX-TRAIGA). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-ustx-traiga. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Texas TRAIGA (HB 149; in force 2026-01-01) (AIGE-OBL-USTX-TRAIGA)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-ustx-traiga},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}