TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act took effect on January 1st, 2026 as Chapter 552 of the Business and Commerce Code. It bans developing or deploying an AI system with intent to unlawfully discriminate, to manipulate behavior, for social scoring or to produce certain illegal content. It also requires government agencies to tell people when they are interacting with an AI system. The Attorney General has exclusive enforcement authority and the statute creates no private right of action.
How to take part
Individuals can't sue under this chapter. The route is a complaint to the Attorney General. The same chapter requires that office to create and maintain an online mechanism on its website through which a consumer may submit a complaint.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- signed
HB 149 signed by the Governor
- effective
Chapter 552 took effect
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-18
Checked and unchanged. Chapter 552 stands in force with enforcement resting solely with the Attorney General.
- 2026-08-21
Checked and unchanged. Chapter 552 stands in force, enforcement still rests solely with the Attorney General, and the rebuttable presumption of reasonable care still stands.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. Chapter 552 is still in force and the Attorney General is still the only office that may enforce it. A Texan who believes an AI system broke this law still has no private suit to bring.
- 2026-09-01
The Attorney General remains the statute's sole enforcer, and the law still creates no private right to sue.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-05
The artificial intelligence statute is still in the Business and Commerce Code and the Attorney General is still the only office that may enforce it. No private right of action has appeared.
- 2026-09-08
TRAIGA still sits in the Business and Commerce Code as written, and enforcement still belongs to the Attorney General alone. No private right of action has appeared in the chapter.
- 2026-09-09
TRAIGA is still on the books as Chapter 552 of the Business and Commerce Code, and the Attorney General is still the only office that may enforce it. No private right of action has appeared.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-16
Chapter 552 is still in force in the form it took effect, and enforcement still runs through the Attorney General alone. No other body has acquired a way to bring an action under it.
- 2026-09-19
The Act is still in force as the chapter it was codified into, and the Attorney General is still the only person who can bring a case under it.
- 2026-09-23
The act is still on the books as written, and enforcement still belongs to the attorney general alone.
- 2026-09-26
The act still stands as codified, and the attorney general is still the only party that can enforce it.
- 2026-09-29
The act reads as codified, and a person harmed under it still has no private right to sue. Enforcement rests with the attorney general alone.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149 ), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, Artificial Intelligence Protection, source note to Sec. 552.001 Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(a) The attorney general has exclusive authority to enforce this chapter, except to the extent provided by Section 552.106 . (b) This chapter does not provide a basis for, and is not subject to, a private right of action for a violation of this chapter or any other law.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.101, Enforcement Authority Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(1) for each violation the court determines to be curable or a breach of a statement submitted to the attorney general under Section 552.104 (b)(2), not less than $10,000 and not more than $12,000; (2) for each violation the court determines to be uncurable, not less than $80,000 and not more than $200,000; and (3) for a continued violation, not less than $2,000 and not more than $40,000 for each day the violation continues.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.105, Civil Penalty; Injunction Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(b) A person may not develop or deploy an artificial intelligence system with the intent to unlawfully discriminate against a protected class in violation of state or federal law. (c) For purposes of this section, a disparate impact is not sufficient by itself to demonstrate an intent to discriminate.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.056, Unlawful Discrimination Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(c) A person is required to make the disclosure under Subsection (b) regardless of whether it would be obvious to a reasonable consumer that the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence system.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.051, Disclosure to Consumers Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(c) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person used reasonable care as required under this chapter.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.105, Civil Penalty; Injunction Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
The attorney general shall create and maintain an online mechanism on the attorney general's Internet website through which a consumer may submit a complaint under this chapter to the attorney general.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.102, Information and Complaints Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act took effect on January 1st, 2026 as Chapter 552 of the Business and Commerce Code. It bans developing or deploying an AI system with intent to unlawfully discriminate, to manipulate behavior, for social scoring or to produce certain illegal content. It also requires government agencies to tell people when they are interacting with an AI system. The Attorney General has exclusive enforcement authority and the statute creates no private right of action.
Who decides it?
Office of the Attorney General of Texas decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
Individuals can't sue under this chapter. The route is a complaint to the Attorney General. The same chapter requires that office to create and maintain an online mechanism on its website through which a consumer may submit a complaint. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It applies statewide.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was effective on January 1st.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is June 22nd, 2025.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under state policy.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
No. It sits outside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General. Tracked since June 22nd, 2025. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0006/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0006.
Beat
Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.