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Updated August 16, 2026

Texas: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in Texas: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 4.9% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 5.8%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

214 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 214 tracked documents.

• TX HB4465: Relating to the dietitian licensure compact; authorizing a fee. proposed
  Privacy
• TX HB5129: Relating to the security of certain personal identifying information submitted to or retained by a state agency. enacted
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacySecurity
• TX HB3503: Relating to the Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB1726: Relating to the Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB1659: Relating to requiring a warrant to search certain location information purchased by a governmental entity from a data broker or electronic personal data tracker. proposed
  Business services and analyticsGovernment: judicial and law enforcementPrivacy
• TX HB2062: Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX SB7: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX SB12: Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to enacted
  EducationPrivacy
• TX HB2522: Relating to fingerprinting requirements for the issuance of dealer general distinguishing numbers to certain persons. enacted
  Privacy
• TX HB5495: Relating to authorizing the use of global privacy controls to protect a consumer's personal data; providing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• TX SB1843: Relating to the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact; authorizing fees. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB1343: Relating to the notice requirements of a data broker registration statement and Internet website. enacted
  Business services and analyticsLicensing, registration, and certificationPrivacyTransparency
• TX HB1923: Relating to removing the requirement that an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun provide fingerprints. proposed
  Licensing, registration, and certificationPrivacy
• TX HB214: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX SB8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. enacted
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX HB52: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX HB32: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX HB2831: Relating to the collection of reproductive health information; imposing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• TX HB5061: Relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties. enacted
  FinesGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• TX SB1104: Relating to fingerprinting requirements for the issuance of dealer general distinguishing numbers to certain persons. proposed
  Privacy
• TX HB4409: Relating to the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact; authorizing fees. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB240: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX HB1426: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance or enforcement of a search warrant, subpoena, or other court order for certain menstrual health data. proposed
  Government: judicial and law enforcementMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• TX SB2158: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide identification kits to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parent or legal custodian of certain stu enacted
  EducationPrivacy
• TX HB4944: Relating to public school cybersecurity controls, student data privacy protection, and requirements and technical assistance and cybersecurity risk assessments for public schools provided by the Depar proposed
  Children and minorsEducationPrivacySecuritySecurity: Cybersecurity
• TX SB485: Relating to the capture of a biometric identifier by a governmental entity; providing civil penalties. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX HB4917: Relating to the regulation of third-party data collection entities; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee. proposed
  Business services and analyticsCivil liabilityFinesInput controls: Data usePrivacy
• TX SB1669: Relating to prohibited discrimination regarding vaccination status and mandates for receiving or participating in the administration of vaccines; authorizing administrative penalties. proposed
  DiscriminationFinesPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• TX HB4173: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. enacted
  Privacy
• TX SB8: Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials and the establishment of an education savings account program. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• TX HB984: Relating to the employment of a chief privacy officer in the Department of Information Resources. proposed
  New institutionPrivacy
• TX HB4390: Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council. enacted
  Privacy
• TX SB1042: Relating to a data collection program established by the attorney general regarding defendants in certain criminal cases and access to information stored in criminal justice information databases. proposed
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedInput controls: Data usePrivacy
• TX SB922: Relating to contracts for fingerprinting services entered into by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. enacted
  Privacy
• TX SB1952: Relating to the capture and use of an individual's biometric identifiers, specimen, or genetic information by a governmental body or peace officer or by a person for commercial purposes. proposed
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• TX HB239: Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using certain private spaces; authorizing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX SB1691: Relating to requiring operators of smart devices to provide information to users about the collection of personal data. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB928: Relating to the protection of personally identifiable student information and the use of covered information by an operator or educational entity; authorizing a civil and administrative penalty. proposed
  EducationFinesPrivacy
• TX HB1844: Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX SB1001: Relating to the capture and retention of biometric identifiers by governmental entities; providing civil penalties. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX SB782: Relating to the employment of a chief privacy officer in the Department of Information Resources. proposed
  New institutionPrivacy
• TX HB3743: Relating to cybersecurity and privacy regarding distance learning in public schools. proposed
  PrivacySecuritySecurity: Cybersecurity
• TX SB1767: Relating to the use of a biometric identity verification device to comply with certain alcohol related laws. proposed
  Privacy
• TX HB2282: Relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions. proposed
  FinancePrivacy
• TX SB1917: Relating to the capture or use of a biometric identifier. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB704: Relating to the capture and use of an individual's biometric identifiers, specimen, or genetic information by a governmental body or peace officer or by a person for commercial purposes; authorizing c proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• TX SB77: Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• TX SB2105: Relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee. enacted
  Civil liabilityFinesLicensing, registration, and certificationPrivacy
• TX HB4854: Relating to the authority of individuals over the personal identifying information collected, processed, or maintained about the individuals and certain others by certain businesses. proposed
  Privacy
• TX HB1072: Relating to a database containing certain records of children who are not lawfully present in the United States. proposed
  Children and minorsPrivacy
• TX SB15: Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense. enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• TX HB4: Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty. enacted
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacy
• TX HB1977: Relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions. proposed
  FinancePrivacy
• TX HB4518: Relating to the privacy of a consumer's personal information collected by certain businesses; imposing a civil penalty. proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• TX SB1754: Relating to certain restrictions on the use of personally identifiable information pertaining to a public school student by an operator or educational entity. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• TX HB890: Relating to parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• TX HB2399: Relating to the use of a biometric identity verification device to verify the age of an individual purchasing an alcoholic beverage. proposed
  Privacy
• TX HB3471: Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense. proposed
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• TX HB4442: Relating to the capture or use of a biometric identifier. proposed
  Privacy
• TX SB1051: Relating to the capture and retention of certain biometric identifiers by certain governmental entities. proposed
  Privacy

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Enforcement

• Texas v. Google (biometric and privacy violations)
  Respondent: Google LLCsettledPenalty: $1,375,000,000May 9, 2025
• Texas v. Pieces Technologies (generative AI accuracy claims)
  Respondent: Pieces Technologies, Inc.settledSeptember 18, 2024
• Texas v. Meta (biometric data capture)
  Respondent: Meta Platforms, Inc.settledPenalty: $1,400,000,000July 30, 2024

Money

$688,845 in tracked political contributions across 3,249 records.

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