What has been decided
Settled, pending or withdrawn, for every entry. Answered here for 167 of the decisions on the record, from the same fields the decision page prints.
A Houston oil producer buys into an AI vendor and commits its Ward County operations to the vendor's system. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
A Texas Senate committee set a hearing on how much water data center cooling uses and whether local water providers are told. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
A data center developer tells its shareholders what the Batch Zero list did to five of its Texas projects, and one came back in a different class than it was filed in. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
A generative AI platform at UTMB reached the UT System Regents only on its third amendment, at $9,850,000, and now covers all seven health institutions. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
A machine scores the longer written answers on English STAAR first. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
A statewide poll finds most Texas voters oppose a data center in their own community for a second survey running. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
A three campus Texas trial tests whether a phone microphone held to the abdomen can count fetal movement by machine. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Amarillo City Council authorizes a twenty year water supply agreement selling city water to Fermi America's Project Matador. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Amazon and Wiwynn say they will expand the El Paso County plant that builds the racks going into AI data centers. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Amazon selects Austin for a factory building the robotics systems used in its warehouses, and the mayor says no incentives were requested. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
An MD Anderson and UT Medical Branch MRI model scored lower on patients it was not built on. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Angelina County Commissioners Court adopts Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for authority over data centers. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Archer County Commissioners Court unanimously denies a tax abatement for a Dynamo Ventures data center. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Asked for AI camera fire detections, Xcel counted cameras. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Austin City Council adopted Ordinance 20260423-029 creating City Code Chapter 2-19 on surveillance technology. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Austin City Council takes up a resolution to amend the land code for data centers. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Austin City Council takes up a resolution to write data centers into a land development code that has no definition of one. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Austin bars its city manager from buying any park camera or drone that depends on artificial intelligence. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District signed a resolution asking the Legislature to clarify district authority over data centers. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Brazoria County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution stating conditions it wants on data center development. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Brazoria County Commissioners Court voted 5 to 0 to deny the reinvestment zone that four data center and power plant abatement applications depended on. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Brazos County Commissioners Court assigns the RELLIS data center tax abatement to ThisWay Global after the original developer's bankruptcy. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Brownsville takes up a temporary moratorium on data centers after staff tells the commission its code has no rules for them. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Carson County Commissioners Court approves a phased tax abatement agreement with Fermi America for the Project Matador HyperGrid campus. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Case managers beat Houston Methodist's discharge AI on the last day. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
City of Taylor's notice of an amended Compal tax abatement is no longer posted, and no outcome is published. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is unknown.
College Station City Council votes 4 to 2 to keep its Flock plate reader cameras on state and city roads. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Comptroller's JETI current agreements list contains no data center project. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Conroe City Council fell short of the votes needed to put its Flock camera contract on the November ballot. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Corpus Christi City Council directed staff to write a zoning amendment prohibiting data centers in every zoning district and to prepare a moratorium process. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
DIR must run an AI regulatory sandbox letting state agencies test systems outside normal rules. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Dallas Public Safety Committee sets a briefing on the police Flock plate reader program. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Dallas issues its first code citations from the AI cameras on its brush trucks. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Denton City Council takes up a data center moratorium resolution and a schedule of the public hearings it would require. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
ERCOT starts sending the Batch Zero questionnaires, and a data center that does not answer comes off the list. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
ERCOT tells its board that AI training loads can fatigue grid generators and drafts a limit on how fast their power draw may swing. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
El Paso City Council adopted a letter asking Governor Abbott to clarify his data center directives. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
El Paso City Council adopts a Data Center Policy Framework requiring a Special Permit for hyperscale projects. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
El Paso City Council amends its state legislative agenda to seek protection for residential ratepayers from data center utility costs. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
El Paso City Council approves two plate reader items as revised, with the amendment text unpublished. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
El Paso passes two plate reader items as revised, filed to take city-sited readers down and bar new contracts. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Energy Department funds a synthetic underground test pit at a Navasota drilling site to prove out mining automation. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Energy Department research arm funds a Houston led team using AI to search for new magnet materials. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
FAA takes comment until October 11th on letting Zipline fly drone deliveries around the clock over five Texas metros. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Federal comment window has closed on NRC reactor licensing and siting modernization. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Federal comment window has closed on adding AI questions to the American Time Use Survey. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Federal commodities regulator opens comment on trading derivatives whose underlying commodity is compute. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Federal energy department opens comment on securing the grid and names AI as why demand grew, closing October 9th. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Federal investigators opened a defect evaluation into a driverless system after crashes in Dallas and Austin. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is unknown.
Federal regulators open an audit of how Tesla certified the Cybercab, on the day commercial deployment began in Austin. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Federal survey office asks whether the household internet survey should start measuring AI use, closing November 9th. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Fort Worth City Council unanimously began a 90 day data center moratorium and adopted grid filing requirements over one dissent. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Four Texas campuses took roles in the Energy Department's AI for science program. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Frontera's queues close permanently on October 1st, 2026. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Governor Abbott directs the utility commission and ERCOT to audit every data center in the interconnection queue before any advances. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Governor directs the environmental agency to issue no data center permits until the grid audit is done. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Governor directs the water board to enforce the state water use survey against data centers that did not return it. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Governor orders state agencies to pause funding for Flock plate reader cameras. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Grid operator asks the water board's questions and gives data centers until October 12th. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Grid operator weighs a year's grace for data center cooling equipment on ride-through rules. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Guadalupe County Commissioners Court unanimously approves ending the county's Flock Safety license plate reader contract. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Harlingen Waterworks System board approves an effluent water supply agreement with RGV Property LLC for a proposed data center. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Harris County Commissioners Court renewed its Flock Group license plate reader and sound detection contract, then amended it to run county-wide. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Hays County Commissioners Court adopted a 180-day emergency water review period for high water use developments and created a review board. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Hays County posts the sheriff's promise not to switch on AI report writing without coming back to the court. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Hays County takes up a policy on how it governs AI in surveillance. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Homeland Security tested facial biometric capture on pedestrians walking out of the country at the Progreso International Bridge. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
House Public Health held an interim hearing on artificial intelligence use in health care. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
House State Affairs held an interim hearing on data center development and the proposed 765 kV transmission lines. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Houston ISD carried an artificial intelligence board policy to a second reading. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Houston Methodist put an imaging AI in front of its radiologists and says out loud that it is imperfect. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Houston academic physician group moves from two ambient AI pilots toward one unified documentation platform. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Houston-Galveston Area Council put AI consulting services on its HGACBuy purchasing catalog under contract AI05-26. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Judges back El Paso Electric's gas plant for Meta only if other customers don't pay. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Justice Department takes comment on a judgment barring a Frisco apartment manager from rent software fed by rivals' data. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Killeen Planning and Zoning Commission voted against a conditional use permit for a $30 million ONMINE data center. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Laredo City Council declined a data center moratorium, and its direction to write permanent rules has reached three agendas with no recorded action. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
League City City Council ordered a November 3rd special election on whether police may keep using automated license plate reader cameras. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Leander stops paying for its plate reader contract and says the police department is no longer using the cameras or the data. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Lubbock County Commissioners Court passes a non binding disclosure resolution on large scale industrial development, four to one. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Lubbock starts the procedure for a 90 day data center moratorium after the 18 month petition fails. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Memorial Hermann clinicians send Houston patients an AI drafted explanation of their own test results. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
NSF awarded Prairie View A and M a grant to let AI split up the grid optimization problem across processor cores. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
NSF awarded UT Austin a grant to replace hand written robot safety rules with a model trained on demonstrated safe behavior. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
NSF funds a Rice laboratory where a model designs the experiment and a robot runs it, bookable from anywhere. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation awards Rice University a cooperative agreement for a self driving laboratory that designs its own semiconductor experiments. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation awards Texas A and M a national user facility where robots and artificial intelligence design and test new metal alloys. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation backs a Texas A&M tool that screens whether an alloy can exist before anyone makes it. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation funds Rice to let AI propose numerical algorithms only where a proof checker certifies them. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation funds UT San Antonio and Texas A&M to adapt large language models on machines that can't afford to run them. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation funds a five year human and robot co-adaptation center at UT Austin. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation funds an open access robot run alloy laboratory at Texas A&M that outside researchers may book. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation names UT El Paso in the first round of CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service awards. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
National Science Foundation puts UT Austin's supercomputing center in an operating role for the national AI research resource. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
PUCT Docket 59029, Oncor application for a second 765 kV line across ten west Texas counties. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
PUCT Docket 59315, Oncor application for a 765 kV transmission line across 22 counties. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
PUCT Project 58000, rulemaking to update ERCOT transmission cost recovery, comment deadline reached. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
PUCT Project 58482, proposed new rule on Large Load Demand Management Service, comment window now shut. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
PUCT adopts the SB 6 large load interconnection rule, requires $50,000 per megawatt of security and drops the interconnection fee. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
PUCT open meeting calendar published as a live feed through mid 2027. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
PUCT opens the first five year review of the ERCOT system-wide offer caps, with comments due September 17th. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
PUCT told an Armstrong County AI data center to shed its whole load, then left those conditions in place. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
PUCT wildfire plan blueprint lists cameras suggested, not required. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD's JETI agreement for the Energy Forge One power plant is executed and posted. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Pflugerville orders a November election on charter amendments, one of them a section on the city's use of artificial intelligence. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Richardson ISD drafts a legislative ask that puts classroom AI guidance first. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
San Angelo City Council caps data center cooling water by ordinance. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
San Angelo sets reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
San Angelo writes data centers into its zoning code and makes them a conditional use only. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
San Marcos City Council voted 4 to 3 to define data centers in its land development code and make them ineligible citywide. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Science foundation funds a Texas A&M engineering station to build AI digital twins of small water systems. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Senate Economic Development holds its reset hearing on AI and the Texas workforce on September 22nd. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Senate Transportation held its August 25th hearing on how driverless vehicles are being deployed under SB 2807. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has held both sittings on data center cooling water and published no recommendation. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
SpaceX will build the Terafab semiconductor plant in Grimes County on a state grant and two school district agreements. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
State technology agency publishes how it is implementing the four AI laws of the 89th Legislature. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
TCEQ canceled the Carson County public meeting on Fermi Equipment Holdco's new air permits and says it will be rescheduled. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
TCEQ canceled the San Antonio notice and comment hearing on Vantage Data Centers TX11's air permit O4791. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
TCEQ has four data center air permit applications posted with published public notices, including Crusoe's two Texas campuses. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
TCEQ issues preliminary decision and opens comment on Crusoe's gas power plant at the Abilene data center campus. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
TRAIGA preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Tarrant Regional Water District says it has signed no water supply contract for a data center and that the Cedar Creek request was withdrawn. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Temple Planning and Zoning Commission takes up a Unified Development Code amendment that would require a Conditional Use Permit for every future data center. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
Texas A&M tells its campus to run AI through a university portal rather than a public chatbot. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Texas Children's and UT Southwestern radiologists publish that imaging AI has largely skipped children. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Texas Government Code Chapter 2054 carries three conflicting Subchapter S's on AI, with duplicated section numbers. Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
Texas State University moves an AI pavement inspection method toward statewide highway use. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Texas Water Development Board denied a petition to give data centers their own water demand category and adopted the 2027 State Water Plan the same day. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Texas requires AI training for state and local government employees, and this is the first annual cycle. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Texas requires a state authorization to run driverless vehicles commercially, with no fee, no expiry and no crash history asked. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The Army funds a Rice research center on antenna arrays that carries AI as one of six disciplines. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The Hays County Clerk asks the commissioners court to buy AI that writes the county's official minutes. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
The House committee on government efficiency is charged with studying whether the state should use artificial intelligence to find fraud in its own spending. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
The National Science Foundation funds a Texas A&M project to build AI digital twins of small and mid-sized water systems. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The National Science Foundation funds a UT Austin center to put assistive robots into occupied homes, workplaces and care facilities. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The National Science Foundation puts Texas Southern University in charge of one of five regional nodes in a new HBCU network for AI and quantum science. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The National Science Foundation puts the national AI research resource into standing operations, co-run from Austin. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The Supreme Court of Texas will hear argument on October 6th in a mandamus proceeding the court reporters' association has entered. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
The Texas A&M System's shared AI supercomputer enters the world list at number 66. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The University of North Texas takes a twenty million dollar gift and names a college of artificial intelligence after the donors. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The University of Texas at Austin requires every course syllabus to state its AI policy. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The board takes a required high school money course to final adoption, and the text it published names AI tools in three of its chapters. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The grid operator sends every conditionally classified large load a questionnaire, with a notarized attestation and ten business days to answer. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
The grid operator sets an October 6th workshop on how it would curtail a large load under Senate Bill 6. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
The grid operator tells providers which large loads it has provisionally placed in Batch Zero, and every placement carries a condition. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Tom Green County Commissioners Court declines a Precinct 4 moratorium on data centers and large energy projects. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Two Texas House committees take up data centers and AI in health care on August 19th and August 20th. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT Arlington builds a federally funded AI tutor that withholds the answer and helps build Fort Worth police training on the same method. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT Arlington replaces its business analytics degrees with artificial intelligence degrees. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT Austin funds four fusion seed grants and says in its own release that the AI method offers limited guarantees. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT Austin puts a computer science and AI course in the core every undergraduate takes. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT San Antonio builds a solar powered flood sensor that runs its model on the chip rather than in the cloud. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT San Antonio builds a solar powered flood sensor that runs its model on the device instead of a server. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT Southwestern says AI now does most of the grading on its medical students' clinical exam notes. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT System Board of Regents approved a School of Computing at UT Austin uniting computer science, information, statistics and data sciences. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT System Board of Regents approves $25 million to finish San Pedro II for UTSA's College of AI, Cyber and Computing. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UT System Regents put the first billion dollars of the UT Dell Medical Center into the capital program. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
UTMB moved its Epic health record into Microsoft's cloud and named advanced technologies as the reason. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
University of North Texas opens an undergraduate artificial intelligence degree. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Utilities Code limits how the PUCT may direct ERCOT, and bars verbal directives. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Utility commission approves a 765 kilovolt line from Somervell County to Howard County. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Wichita Falls Planning and Zoning Commission approves a conditional use permit for a DataNovaX data center on Airport Drive. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Williamson County Commissioners Court granted Compal USA Technology a Chapter 312 abatement for a Georgetown server service center. Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
Young County Commissioners Court receives the Project Saltworks tax abatement application and ratifies a developer funded escrow for consultants. Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.