An Act relating to the creation of the artificial intelligence advisory council

• Authority: Texas
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-06-13

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Governance failure

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, primarily addressing governance failure (6.5) through the establishment of oversight mechanisms. It touches on discrimination risks (1.1, 1.3) and privacy concerns (2.1) through its inventory reporting requirements, but does not provide detailed mitigation measures. The focus is on creating a monitoring and assessment framework rather than addressing specific AI risks comprehensively.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Public Administration sector, as it establishes requirements for state government agencies in the executive and legislative branches to report on their use of AI systems. It does not regulate private sector activities or specific industries beyond state government operations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act passed by the Texas Legislature establishing mandatory requirements for state agencies to submit inventory reports and creating an advisory council with specific duties and timelines.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a legislative act passed by both chambers of the Texas Legislature, as evidenced by the certification statements and vote counts.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The law explicitly targets state agencies that develop, employ, or procure AI systems, requiring them to submit inventory reports.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The council is established to monitor, study, and review AI systems used by state agencies, with the department providing administrative support.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The council is explicitly tasked with monitoring and reviewing AI systems, and legislative committees receive reports for oversight purposes.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on deployment and operational monitoring. It addresses planning through the council's assessment of ethics codes, deployment through inventory reporting requirements, and operation/monitoring through ongoing council oversight. The document does not explicitly address data collection, model building, or verification/validation stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers 'artificial intelligence systems', 'automated decision systems', 'automated final decision systems', and 'automated support decision systems'. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.