TRAIGA preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence
Chapter 552 of the Business and Commerce Code supersedes and preempts any local ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation about the use of AI systems. Texas cities and counties that might otherwise write their own AI rules are displaced by the state statute. The preemption is written broadly and without a carve out on its face.
How to take part
The preemption is enacted law and takes no comment. Changing it takes the Legislature or a court. The Legislature next convenes in regular session in 2027. A resident whose city wants to act on AI can raise it with their legislator.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- effective
Chapter 552 took effect, including the preemption section
- 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 still supersedes any local ordinance or rule about the use of AI systems.
- 2026-08-21
Checked and unchanged. Chapter 552 still supersedes any ordinance, resolution, rule or other regulation a political subdivision adopts about the use of artificial intelligence systems.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. The preemption clause still displaces any city or county rule on AI use, and nothing on its face has been carved back. A local ordinance written today would still be superseded.
- 2026-09-01
The state-law preemption of city and county rules governing artificial-intelligence use remains in force.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-05
State law still takes AI regulation away from cities and counties. No local ordinance has tested the preemption in court.
- 2026-09-08
Cities and counties still may not write their own artificial intelligence rules. The preemption stands where the Legislature put it.
- 2026-09-09
Cities and counties still can't write their own artificial intelligence rules. The state preemption stands as enacted.
- 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
The preemption still stands. A Texas city or county still has no room of its own to regulate artificial intelligence, and nothing has carved one back out.
- 2026-09-19
Cities and counties are still preempted from regulating artificial intelligence, which is why the local measures on this subject are resolutions and zoning rather than rules about the technology.
- 2026-09-23
Preemption still holds, so a city or county that wants to regulate artificial intelligence still has nowhere to do it.
- 2026-09-26
The preemption clause still stands, so a city or county still has no room to write its own rules on artificial intelligence.
- 2026-09-29
The preemption clause reads as it did, and it still leaves cities and counties no ordinance of their own on artificial intelligence.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Sec. 552.003. LOCAL PREEMPTION. This chapter supersedes and preempts any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other regulation adopted by a political subdivision regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems.Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 552.003, Local Preemption 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?
Chapter 552 of the Business and Commerce Code supersedes and preempts any local ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation about the use of AI systems. Texas cities and counties that might otherwise write their own AI rules are displaced by the state statute. The preemption is written broadly and without a carve out on its face.
Who decides it?
Texas Legislature decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The preemption is enacted law and takes no comment. Changing it takes the Legislature or a court. The Legislature next convenes in regular session in 2027. A resident whose city wants to act on AI can raise it with their legislator.
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 January 1st, 2026.
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 preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence. Tracked since January 1st, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0012/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0012.
Beat
Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.