Bill Text: TX HB5496 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure and use of artificial intelligence.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency [HB5496 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB5496-Introduced.html
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| By: Bhojani | H.B. No. 5496 | |
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| relating to the disclosure and use of artificial intelligence. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 611 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 611. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSPARENCY | ||
| Sec. 611.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "artificial | ||
| intelligence" means a machine-based system that: | ||
| (1) when given a set of objectives by an individual, | ||
| makes predictions, recommendations, or decisions that influence a | ||
| real or virtual environment; and | ||
| (2) uses inputs from an individual or machine to: | ||
| (A) perceive or interpret a real or virtual | ||
| environment; | ||
| (B) use automation to analyze a perception or | ||
| interpretation of a real or virtual environment; or | ||
| (C) use models to infer or form opinions on | ||
| information or a proposed action. | ||
| Sec. 611.002. PROVISION OF INFORMATION BY AND DUTIES OF | ||
| USER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (a) A person who uses artificial | ||
| intelligence in conducting business or otherwise providing a good | ||
| or service, including operating or providing access to a social | ||
| media platform, creating or distributing political advertising, or | ||
| providing financial services, to a resident of this state shall: | ||
| (1) implement and maintain standards representing the | ||
| best practices of the artificial intelligence industry; | ||
| (2) provide a tool for an individual to whom the person | ||
| is providing a good or service that enables the individual to detect | ||
| the use of artificial intelligence; | ||
| (3) make available to any individual affected by a | ||
| decision made by artificial intelligence an explanation of how and | ||
| why the artificial intelligence reached that decision; and | ||
| (4) ensure that artificial intelligence does not | ||
| demonstrate bias or discriminate against an individual on the basis | ||
| of any legally protected classification. | ||
| (b) Artificial intelligence is considered to be used to | ||
| provide a good or service to an individual under Subsection (a) | ||
| regardless of whether the individual can directly access the | ||
| artificial intelligence. | ||
| Sec. 611.003. ENFORCEMENT. A violation of this chapter is a | ||
| deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, and is | ||
| actionable under that subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
