Matthew Shapanka, Jayne Ponder, and August Gweon of Covington and Burling write:
On October 28, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R-Tarrant County) released a draft of the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), after nearly a year collecting input from industry stakeholders. Representative Capriglione, who authored Texas’s Data Privacy and Security Act (discussed here) and currently co-chairs the state’s AI Advisory Council, appears likely to introduce TRAIGA in the upcoming legislative session scheduled to begin on January 14, 2025. Modeled after the Colorado AI Act (SB 205) (discussed here) and the EU AI Act, TRAIGA would establish obligations for developers, deployers, and distributors of “high-risk AI systems.” Additionally, TRAIGA would establish an “AI Regulatory Sandbox Program” for participating AI developers to test AI systems under a statutory exemption.
Although a number of states have expressed significant interest in AI regulation, if passed, Texas would become the second state to enact industry-agnostic, risk-based AI legislation, following the passage of the Colorado AI Act in May.
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