Bill Text: TX HB2818 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the artificial intelligence division within the Department of Information Resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Filed [HB2818 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2818-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 2818 | |
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| relating to the artificial intelligence division within the | ||
| Department of Information Resources. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter S to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER S. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION | ||
| Sec. 2054.701. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF | ||
| DIVISION. (a) The department shall establish an artificial | ||
| intelligence division within the department. | ||
| (b) The executive director shall direct the administration | ||
| and oversight of the artificial intelligence division, including | ||
| the division's organization within the department. | ||
| (c) The department may hire the personnel necessary to | ||
| administer the duties of the division, including hiring personnel | ||
| through institutions of higher education, as defined by Section | ||
| 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| Sec. 2054.702. GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ||
| TECHNOLOGY. (a) The division shall assist state agencies and other | ||
| entities that use the department's services in the implementation | ||
| of generative artificial intelligence technology for: | ||
| (1) projects to modernize or replace legacy systems, | ||
| as defined by Section 2054.571; and | ||
| (2) other projects appropriate for the use of | ||
| generative artificial intelligence technology as determined by the | ||
| department. | ||
| (b) In assisting agencies and entities with projects under | ||
| Subsection (a), the division may: | ||
| (1) use generative artificial intelligence technology | ||
| developed or procured by the department to complete the project; or | ||
| (2) contract with a vendor to use generative | ||
| artificial intelligence technology to complete the project. | ||
| (c) If the division contracts with a vendor under Subsection | ||
| (b), the vendor's generative artificial intelligence technology | ||
| must complete at least 90 percent of the work required to complete | ||
| the contract. | ||
| Sec. 2054.703. COST ANALYSIS REPORT. The division shall | ||
| prepare a cost analysis report for each project completed under | ||
| Section 2054.702 that includes: | ||
| (1) a summary of the time, money, and resources saved | ||
| by using a generative artificial intelligence technology compared | ||
| to the time, money, and resources that would have been required | ||
| using traditional systems to perform equivalent tasks; and | ||
| (2) a concise overview focused on information | ||
| demonstrating the cost efficiencies achieved by using generative | ||
| artificial intelligence technology, such as the amount of time and | ||
| money saved in the procurement process. | ||
| Sec. 2054.704. RULES. The department may adopt the rules | ||
| necessary to establish and administer the division. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Department of Information Resources shall adopt | ||
| the rules necessary to implement Subchapter S, Chapter 2054, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
