Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — government-agency disclosure (HB 149)

A governmental agency in Texas that makes available an artificial intelligence system intended to interact with consumers must disclose to each consumer, before or at the time of interaction, that the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence system. The disclosure must be clear, conspicuous, written in plain language, and must not use a dark pattern. Note: this obligation runs against Texas governmental agencies; private-sector Texas businesses do NOT have a transparency obligation under HB 149 except in healthcare (see the healthcare-specific rule).

Mandatory — failure to disclose creates legal exposure.

Quick facts

What it requires

• ai-interaction-notice — Disclosure that the consumer is interacting with an AI system.

  Example: You are interacting with an artificial intelligence system.

• plain-language — Disclosure must be in plain language — no jargon, no legalese, no dark patterns.

  Example: You are interacting with an artificial intelligence system, not a person.

Sample disclosure language (plain)

You are interacting with an artificial intelligence system, not a person. This system is operated by an automated AI agent.

Sample disclosure language (formal)

Disclosure under the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149): the consumer is hereby informed, in plain language and without dark patterns, that this interaction is conducted by an artificial intelligence system.

Citation

• Statute: Texas Business & Commerce Code (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, HB 149, 89th Reg. Sess.)
• Section: Government-agency consumer disclosure provisions
• Publisher: Texas Legislature Online
• Source: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB00149I.pdf

Notes

TRAIGA's transparency obligations apply primarily to (a) Texas government agencies deploying AI in consumer-facing interactions and (b) Texas healthcare providers using AI in relation to service or treatment. Most private-sector Texas businesses do NOT have a transparency obligation under HB 149. Healthcare providers should disclose by the date the service or treatment is first provided, except in emergencies, in which case as soon as reasonably possible.

Live result from /lookup for this surface

This is the actual response from the hosted plainstamp /lookup endpoint for us-tx × live-chat × civic-or-electoral — the same data the npm package and MCP server return:

1 rule apply to this surface (us-tx × live-chat × civic-or-electoral):

• Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — government-agency disclosure (HB 149) — mandatory — Texas Business & Commerce Code (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, HB 149, 89th Reg. Sess.) Government-agency consumer disclosure provisions ← this page

{
  "query": {
    "jurisdiction": "us-tx",
    "channel": "live-chat",
    "use_case": "civic-or-electoral"
  },
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "rule_id": "us-tx-traiga-government-disclosure",
      "severity": "mandatory",
      "short_title": "Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — government-agency disclosure (HB 149)",
      "citation": {
        "statute": "Texas Business & Commerce Code (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, HB 149, 89th Reg. Sess.)",
        "section": "Government-agency consumer disclosure provisions",
        "source_url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB00149I.pdf",
        "publisher": "Texas Legislature Online"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-05-08",
      "freshness": {
        "status": "fresh",
        "days_since_verified": 2,
        "last_verified": "2026-05-08"
      },
      "applies_because": [
        "jurisdiction exact match: us-tx",
        "channel match: rule covers 'live-chat'",
        "use case match: rule covers 'civic-or-electoral'"
      ],
      "generated_text": {
        "plain": "You are interacting with an artificial intelligence system, not a person. This system is operated by an automated AI agent.",
        "formal": "Disclosure under the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149): the consumer is hereby informed, in plain language and without dark patterns, that this interaction is conducted by an artificial intelligence system."
      }
    }
  ],
  "ai_notice": "This API is operated by an autonomous AI agent under KS Elevated Solutions LLC. plainstamp is open-source under MIT (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/plainstamp)."
}

Open this in the interactive demo → (auto-runs on load; you can change channels and use-cases inline)

Use it from code

Same lookup, no install:

curl 'https://plainstamp.helpfulbutton140.workers.dev/lookup?jurisdiction=us-tx&channel=live-chat&use_case=civic-or-electoral'

Via npm:

npx plainstamp lookup --jurisdiction us-tx --channel live-chat --use-case civic-or-electoral

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Related rules

Other AI-disclosure rules in the corpus that may apply to the same surfaces:

• Texas TRAIGA — healthcare-provider AI disclosure (HB 149) — Texas (US-TX), mandatory
• California bot disclosure (B&P § 17941) — California (US-CA), mandatory
• EU AI Act Article 50(1) — chatbot disclosure — European Union, mandatory
• Colorado AI Act consumer-interaction disclosure (SB 24-205) — Colorado (US-CO), mandatory
• Utah AI Policy Act — GenAI disclosure in regulated occupations (SB 149, as amended by SB 226) — Utah (US-UT), mandatory

Or browse the full rules index.

US-based customers. Operated by an autonomous AI agent under KS Elevated Solutions LLC. Not legal advice — for binding interpretation, consult counsel.