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Texas for legal AI workflows

Texas in legal AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceGeneral AI statute (TRAIGA) plus sector-specific AI laws
SectorLaw
Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Texas's AI laws

LawStatusWhat it covers
Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA)In forceBans developing or deploying AI intended to encourage self-harm or crime, unlawfully discriminate, infringe constitutional rights or produce illegal sexual content; restricts government social scoring and biometric identification; requires agencies and health providers to disclose AI use; AG-only enforcement.
Electronic health records and AI in health careIn forceSets electronic health record requirements and lets practitioners use AI for diagnosis or treatment recommendations only within their license, with practitioner review of AI-generated records and disclosure to patients.
Automated systems in health benefit claim denialsIn forceRestricts utilization review agents from using automated decision systems to make adverse determinations in the health benefit claims process.
Governmental AI systems and data managementIn forceRegulates how state and local governmental entities acquire, use and oversee AI systems and manage data, including heightened-scrutiny systems and an AI code of ethics from the Department of Information Resources.
Artificial intimate visual materialIn forceCreates criminal and civil liability for producing or distributing AI-generated sexually explicit images of real people without consent.
Deceptive election videosIn forceMakes it a crime to create and publish a deep fake video within 30 days of an election with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result.

02 / In this sector

In a legal AI workflow

The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149) took effect January 1, 2026: it bans a short list of intentional harmful AI uses, sets disclosure and other duties for government AI, creates a regulatory sandbox, and is enforced only by the Attorney General. Separate 2025 laws cover AI in health records and clinical decisions, automated health-claim denials, state agency AI governance and AI-generated intimate images.

Usually asked by

General counsel and litigation support.

Named alongside

FRE 702 · ABA Model Rules.

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Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

SOURCES

Go back to the source

PRIMARY
HB 149 enrolled text

Texas Legislature Online

PRIMARY
SB 751 (86R) bill history

Texas Legislature Online

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