An act relating to a study on the establishment of a program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission to train individuals in certain skills related to artificial intelligence systems.

• Authority: Texas
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2023-04-27

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, with only implicit mention of workforce-related risks. The document primarily establishes a study mandate rather than addressing specific AI risks. There is no substantial coverage of any risk subdomains.

Sector coverage

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

• Educational Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not directly govern any specific economic sector. It mandates a study on establishing a workforce training program that would potentially serve individuals across multiple sectors who need AI-related skills. The governance is focused on workforce development infrastructure rather than sector-specific AI regulation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a legislative bill enacted by the Texas Legislature that creates binding legal obligations for the house committee to conduct a study and report results by a specific deadline.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Texas Legislature
• Summary: The document is enacted by the Texas Legislature, which is the proposing authority for this legislative act.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Standing committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over workforce development; Texas Workforce Commission
• Summary: The bill targets the house committee to conduct the study and references the Texas Workforce Commission as the potential administrator of a future training program.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Texas Legislature; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The legislature has implicit enforcement authority over its committees. The reporting requirement to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker creates accountability mechanisms.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Speaker of the House of Representatives; Standing committee of the senate with jurisdiction over workforce development
• Summary: These entities receive the study report and are positioned to monitor compliance with the study mandate and evaluate its findings.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Build and Use Model
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not govern specific AI lifecycle stages but rather mandates a study on establishing a workforce training program. The training program under consideration would relate to skills across multiple lifecycle stages including building, using, and operating AI systems.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence systems' but does not provide definitions or distinguish between different types of AI. There is no mention of specific AI categories, models, compute thresholds, or technical specifications.