State technology agency publishes how it is implementing the four AI laws of the 89th Legislature
The Texas Department of Information Resources published an account on August 14th, 2026 of how it is implementing the artificial intelligence laws passed by the 89th Legislature. Senate Bill 1964, House Bill 3512 and House Bill 149 are named in it. One of them puts an annual artificial intelligence awareness training obligation on certain state and local government employees and officials, and the agency offers a free training video. Another established the state's AI governance framework and directed the agency to develop a public sector sandbox. A third requires governmental entities to disclose their use of AI and creates the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council.
How to take part
The agency publishes the account and the training video on its own site. The training obligation reaches employees through their own employer rather than through a docket, so there is no hearing and no comment window.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- effective
The agency published its implementation account
- 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.
- 2026-08-30
Admitted to the record. The agency's account of what each law requires of it stands as published.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-05
The state technology agency's account of how it is implementing the four AI laws is still published and unchanged.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
House Bill 3512 requires annual AI Awareness Training for certain state and local government employees and officials.https://dir.texas.gov/news/ai-texas-dir-implementation-laws-89th-legis Primary source, official · dir.texas.gov
Senate Bill 1964 established Texas' AI governance framework and directed DIR to develop the Public Sector AI Sandbox and adopt rules for government use of heightened-scrutiny AI.https://dir.texas.gov/news/ai-texas-dir-implementation-laws-89th-legis Primary source, official · dir.texas.gov
House Bill 149 requires disclosures of use of AI by governmental entities, creating consumer protections, the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council, and a regulatory sandbox while expanding the Information Resources Deployment Review to include agency AI system inventories.https://dir.texas.gov/news/ai-texas-dir-implementation-laws-89th-legis Primary source, official · dir.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 Department of Information Resources published an account on August 14th, 2026 of how it is implementing the artificial intelligence laws passed by the 89th Legislature. Senate Bill 1964, House Bill 3512 and House Bill 149 are named in it. One of them puts an annual artificial intelligence awareness training obligation on certain state and local government employees and officials, and the agency offers a free training video. Another established the state's AI governance framework and directed the agency to develop a public sector sandbox. A third requires governmental entities to disclose their use of AI and creates the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council.
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 agency publishes the account and the training video on its own site. The training obligation reaches employees through their own employer rather than through a docket, so there is no hearing and no comment window. 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 August 14th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 14th, 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 5th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, State technology agency publishes how it is implementing the four AI laws of the 89th Legislature. Tracked since August 14th, 2026. Last verified September 5th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0113/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0113.
Beat
Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.