Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems
Every state agency and local government that deploys a public facing AI system must post a standardized notice on the related applications, websites and public computer systems. The same duty covers any system that is a controlling factor in a consequential decision. The Department of Information Resources is required to develop the notice form. That form must describe the system, its data sources and its privacy and ethics safeguards.
How to take part
The notice is meant to appear wherever the system is used. A resident who meets a government AI system should be able to see one. Where no notice appears, the question goes to the agency or local government running the system. Questions about the form itself go to DIR, which was required to develop it.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- effective
SB 1964 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.
- 2026-08-19
The posting duty is unconfirmed this run. The published chapter text available runs only as far as Section 2054.0702, and the notice provision sits beyond that point.
- 2026-08-22
The posting duty is confirmed. Section 2054.711 requires each state agency and local government deploying a public facing artificial intelligence system to post a standardized notice. It goes on all related applications and websites and public computer systems. That section also lets a hospital or an academic medical center satisfy the duty inside a patient consent form.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. The notice duty is still in force and the Department of Information Resources has still not published the standardized form the statute tells it to develop. Agencies owe a notice whose shape nobody has issued.
- 2026-09-01
The standardized-notice duty still stands, while DIR has not published the required form.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
The notice duty is still written into statute and no standardized notice form has been published for agencies to use. A resident still has no single place to see which systems are running.
- 2026-09-08
The standardized notice requirement for state and local AI systems is still law without a visible posting practice behind it. No agency template has surfaced.
- 2026-09-09
The standardized notice a state agency or a local government owes when it uses an AI system is still required by statute. It still has no posted form behind it.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
The standardized notice the statute requires is still not appearing. A Texan looking for a posted statement of which systems an agency runs still has nowhere reliable to look.
- 2026-09-19
The standardized notice the statute requires is still not being posted in a form a resident could look up.
- 2026-09-23
The notice duty is still owed by every agency and local government the statute names, and no standard form has appeared.
- 2026-09-26
Agencies and local governments still owe the standardized notice, and the statute's text is unchanged.
- 2026-09-29
The duty to post a standardized notice of an artificial intelligence system still sits in the statute, worded as before.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
(a) Each state agency and local government deploying or using an artificial intelligence system that is public-facing or that is a controlling factor in a consequential decision shall include a standardized notice on all related applications, Internet websites, and public computer systems.Texas Government Code Sec. 2054.711(a), Standardized Notice Primary source, official · tcss.legis.texas.gov
(b) The department shall develop a form that agencies must use for the notice required under Subsection (a). The form must include: (1) general information about the system and data sources the system uses; and (2) measures taken to maintain compliance with information privacy laws and ethics standards.Texas Government Code Sec. 2054.711(b) 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?
Every state agency and local government that deploys a public facing AI system must post a standardized notice on the related applications, websites and public computer systems. The same duty covers any system that is a controlling factor in a consequential decision. The Department of Information Resources is required to develop the notice form. That form must describe the system, its data sources and its privacy and ethics safeguards.
Who decides it?
Texas Department of Information Resources decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The notice is meant to appear wherever the system is used. A resident who meets a government AI system should be able to see one. Where no notice appears, the question goes to the agency or local government running the system. Questions about the form itself go to DIR, which was required to develop it. 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 is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was effective on September 1st.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 1st, 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, Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems. Tracked since September 1st, 2025. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0025/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0025.
Beat
Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.