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Pflugerville orders a November election on charter amendments, one of them a section on the city's use of artificial intelligence

Surveillance and policingPflugerville City CouncilTravis, WilliamsonBallot measure

The Pflugerville City Council approved on second reading on August 11th, 2026 an ordinance ordering a special election on November 3rd, 2026 on amendments to the city's home rule charter. The 2026 Charter Review Commission put 21 amendments forward for the city's voters. One of them adds a new Section 2.03 titled Artificial Intelligence Protections. It would require the council to adopt protections covering data, facial recognition and surveillance technology. It would also require transparent approval processes for those technologies and a responsible artificial intelligence framework. A charter section outlives the council that writes it, which an ordinary policy does not.

How to take part

The charter amendments go to Pflugerville voters on November 3rd, 2026, with polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Charter Review Commission's report carries the full text of the proposed Section 2.03, so a voter can read the words that would enter the charter. The ordinance submits the measures as listed in its own exhibit, which is where the proposition captions live.

Where to do it

Where

2 counties. In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.

Timeline

  1. ordered

    Ordinance ordering the election approved on second reading

  2. Today
  3. election

    Election day, the last day a voter can answer the question

    25 days out

How this decision moved

One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.

  1. 2026-08-20

    Admitted. The Charter Review Commission's filed report carries the full text of the proposed Section 2.03 and the ordinance setting the election date.

  2. 2026-08-20

    The election ordinance itself is now on the record beside the commission's report. It sets November 3rd, 2026 with polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The commission put 21 amendments forward. The wording each proposition will carry on the ballot is in an exhibit to the ordinance and is unconfirmed, so what is published here is the section the commission recommends.

  3. 2026-08-23

    Checked and unchanged. The city's own legislative record shows the ordinance ordering the charter election approved on second reading on August 11th, with all members voting in favor. No later action is recorded on it. The election is still set for November 3rd.

  4. 2026-08-26

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd.

  5. 2026-08-29

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd. The charter amendment adding a section on the city's use of artificial intelligence is still one of those the voters decide, and the council has not withdrawn it.

  6. 2026-09-01

    Pflugerville's charter amendment governing city use of artificial intelligence remains headed to voters.

  7. 2026-09-02

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd.

  8. 2026-09-05

    The Pflugerville charter amendment on the city's use of artificial intelligence is still set for the November ballot. The ordering is unchanged.

  9. 2026-09-08

    Pflugerville's November ballot still carries the charter amendment on the city's use of artificial intelligence, and the charter review commission's report is still the document behind it. Nothing has been withdrawn from the ballot order.

  10. 2026-09-09

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd, which is the day Pflugerville voters decide the charter section on the city's cameras.

  11. 2026-09-12

    Re-verified on the day's worklist. The recorded ordinance still carries November 3rd, 2026 and the commission's report still carries the proposed section.

  12. 2026-09-13

    Corrected the participation classification. The recorded ordinance sets an election day, not a comment deadline. Earlier history entries calling this a comment window were incorrect. The election date and quoted evidence are unchanged.

  13. 2026-09-13

    Re-verified on the day's worklist. The recorded ordinance still carries November 3rd, 2026 as the election date and the commission's report still carries the proposed section.

  14. 2026-09-16

    The Pflugerville charter amendments are still set for the November ballot, the artificial intelligence section among them. The ballot language has not been altered.

  15. 2026-09-19

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd.

  16. 2026-09-23

    Pflugerville's charter question on the city's own use of artificial intelligence is still set for the ballot.

  17. 2026-09-26

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd. Pflugerville's charter section on the city's own use of artificial intelligence is still on that ballot.

  18. 2026-09-29

    The comment window is still open, closing November 3rd. Voters in Pflugerville will still find the charter section on the city's own use of artificial intelligence on that ballot.

  19. 2026-10-02

    Pflugerville's November ballot still carries the charter amendments in the city's legislative record. The agenda attachments sit on a host that bars automated readers.

  20. 2026-10-05

    Pflugerville's legislative record still carries the November charter election, the section on the city's use of artificial intelligence among the amendments.

  21. 2026-10-08

    Pflugerville's record still shows the charter election ordinance passing its second reading, with the AI section among the amendments on the November ballot.

The evidence

Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.

City Council shall adopt protections governing the collection, use, retention, and oversight of data, facial recognition, and surveillance technologies; establish transparent approval processes for such technologies; require a responsible AI (artificial intelligence) framework; ensuring this information is used locally for a legitimate basis established by law.
Report of the 2026 Pflugerville Charter Review Commission, proposed Section 2.03 Primary source, official · legistar1.granicus.com
Add a new Section 2.03 to address the City's use of artificial intelligence.
Report of the 2026 Pflugerville Charter Review Commission, Summary of Proposed Amendments, item 4 Primary source, official · legistar1.granicus.com
the report identifies 21 amendments that we believe should be submitted to City voters for consideration
Report of the 2026 Pflugerville Charter Review Commission, June 4th, 2026, transmittal Primary source, official · legistar1.granicus.com
on the 3rd day of November 2026, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to consider amendments to the City of Pflugerville's Home Rule Charter.
Ordinance of the City of Pflugerville ordering a special election on proposed amendments to the Home Rule Charter Primary source, official · legistar1.granicus.com
Mayor Weiss read the caption of the ordinance. Mr. Metayer moved to approve the ordinance on second reading. Mr. Coffman seconded the motion. All voted in favor. The motion carried.
City of Pflugerville legislative record, ORD-0890 history Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com

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 Pflugerville City Council approved on second reading on August 11th, 2026 an ordinance ordering a special election on November 3rd, 2026 on amendments to the city's home rule charter. The 2026 Charter Review Commission put 21 amendments forward for the city's voters. One of them adds a new Section 2.03 titled Artificial Intelligence Protections. It would require the council to adopt protections covering data, facial recognition and surveillance technology. It would also require transparent approval processes for those technologies and a responsible artificial intelligence framework. A charter section outlives the council that writes it, which an ordinary policy does not.

Who decides it?

Pflugerville City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.

Can the public take part?

The charter amendments go to Pflugerville voters on November 3rd, 2026, with polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Charter Review Commission's report carries the full text of the proposed Section 2.03, so a voter can read the words that would enter the charter. The ordinance submits the measures as listed in its own exhibit, which is where the proposition captions live. This is an election process. Its date is not a public comment deadline.

Where in Texas does it apply?

It covers Travis and Williamson Counties.

Has it been decided?

Its status on the record is open.

What happens next?

The next dated step is election, on November 3rd, in 25 days.

When did it start?

The earliest date on its record is August 11th, 2026.

What kind of decision is it?

It is filed under surveillance and policing.

What sources back it?

Three sources back it. Three of them are primary.

Is it on the ERCOT grid?

Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.

When was it last checked?

Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 8th, 2026.

Cite this

Texas AI Docket, Pflugerville orders a November election on charter amendments, one of them a section on the city's use of artificial intelligence. Tracked since August 11th, 2026. Last verified October 8th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0075/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0075.

Beat

Filed under Surveillance and policing, with every other decision on that beat.

Last checked 2026-10-08