Texas AI Docket

Texas requires AI training for state and local government employees, and this is the first annual cycle

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House Bill 3512 of the 89th Regular Session created artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments. Its author was Giovanni Capriglione and its sponsor was Cesar Blanco. It took effect on September 1st, 2025. The Legislature indexes it under artificial intelligence and under the Department of Information Resources, which is the agency that certifies which programs satisfy it. Which programs carry that certification is unconfirmed. So is the date by which an entity files its compliance certification.

How to take part

The bill's history, caption, authors and effective date are published by the Legislature. A city or county employee who needs to know which training satisfies the requirement should ask the Department of Information Resources. That agency also holds the date by which an entity certifies.

Where to do it

Where

Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.

Timeline

  1. effective

    Effective date of House Bill 3512

  2. 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.

  1. 2026-08-26

    Admitted. The Legislature's own bill record carries the caption, the authors and the effective date. Which training programs satisfy the requirement is unconfirmed, and so is the date an entity certifies. Both are published by the Department of Information Resources rather than by the Legislature.

  2. 2026-08-29

    Checked and unchanged. The training requirement still stands and the Department of Information Resources is still the agency that certifies a program against it. This is still the first annual cycle, so no entity has yet been through it twice.

  3. 2026-09-01

    The annual artificial-intelligence training mandate for state and local employees remains in force.

  4. 2026-09-02

    Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.

  5. 2026-09-05

    The AI training requirement still binds state and local government employees and this is still the first annual cycle. No completion figures have been published.

The evidence

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

History for 89(R) HB 3512 by Capriglione
Texas Legislature Online, bill history for 89(R) HB 3512 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments.
Texas Legislature Online, bill history for 89(R) HB 3512 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Effective on 9/1/25
Texas Legislature Online, last action for 89(R) HB 3512 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
INFORMATION RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)
Texas Legislature Online, subjects for 89(R) HB 3512 Primary source, official · capitol.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?

House Bill 3512 of the 89th Regular Session created artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments. Its author was Giovanni Capriglione and its sponsor was Cesar Blanco. It took effect on September 1st, 2025. The Legislature indexes it under artificial intelligence and under the Department of Information Resources, which is the agency that certifies which programs satisfy it. Which programs carry that certification is unconfirmed. So is the date by which an entity files its compliance certification.

Who decides it?

Texas Legislature decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.

Can the public take part?

The bill's history, caption, authors and effective date are published by the Legislature. A city or county employee who needs to know which training satisfies the requirement should ask the Department of Information Resources. That agency also holds the date by which an entity certifies. 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 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 5th, 2026.

Cite this

Texas AI Docket, Texas requires AI training for state and local government employees, and this is the first annual cycle. Tracked since September 1st, 2025. Last verified September 5th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0097/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0097.

Beat

Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.

Last checked 2026-09-05