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Texas Senate Bill 6: Understanding the Impacts to Large Loads and Co-located Generation

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During its 2025 regular session, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 6 ("SB 6") to establish a regulatory framework to manage the rapid growth of consumers with high electricity demand (currently ≥ 75 MW)—referred to as...more

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Right To Know - July 2025, Vol. 31

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more

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New Bill Seeks to Provide Uniform Gaming Regulation Under IGRA for Two Texas Tribes

Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes are regulated under both the Restoration Act and Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), subjecting them to state and federal oversight, while all other federally...more

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Texas HB 21 Reshapes the Requirements and Effects of Chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code

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Texas House Bill 21 (HB 21), signed into law in May, has dramatically shifted affordable housing tax exemptions across the state. Specifically, HB 21’s primary impact is on a housing finance corporation’s area of operation...more

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Texas Enacts Responsible AI Governance Act: What Companies Need to Know

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Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA), into law on June 22, 2025. With its passage, Texas becomes the third state to adopt a comprehensive AI law. Notably,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No state AI law moratorium in One Big Beautiful Bill Act

On July 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed into law the budget reconciliation bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, after the US Senate voted to remove language that would have prohibited states from enforcing...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

A Red State Model for Comprehensive AI Laws: Texas Enacts the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act.

Effective January 1, 2026, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TX H.B. 149, 2025) takes a unique approach to AI regulation—pulling threads from the EU AI Act, Colorado's comprehensive AI statute, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Enacts Sweeping AI Law: Disclosure, Consent, and Compliance Requirements Take Effect in 2026

On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 149, enacting the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA). The law establishes one of the nation’s most comprehensive...more

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Texas Enacts Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act

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On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA) into law. While earlier versions of the bill mirrored broader frameworks like the EU AI Act, the final version scales back...more

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Texas Adopts New Decommissioning Law for Battery Energy Storage Systems

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Texas has enacted a new statutory framework governing the decommissioning of battery energy storage systems (BESS) not owned by an electric utility. On May 29, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3809 (H.B. 3809)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Newly Enacted Food Ingredient Disclosure Laws: Texas and Louisiana Reshape Food Labeling Compliance Landscape

In June 2025, Texas and Louisiana each enacted legislation mandating new label disclosures for foods containing a number of food and color additives, raising federal preemption and First Amendment questions. Both states have...more

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Texas Joins the Fray and Enacts AI Legislation

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Following in the footsteps of an increasing number of states, Texas just joined the growing movement to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). On Sunday, June 22, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 149, the Texas...more

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Well, Well: Outlook for CCUS Projects in Texas Improves as EPA Proposes to Delegate Permitting Authority and the Texas Supreme...

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On June 17, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to approve Texas’s application for primary permitting and enforcement responsibility (primacy) for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration wells...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Texas Charts New Path on AI With Landmark Regulation

Texas has become the second state, after Colorado, to enact omnibus legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On June 22, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Responsible Artificial...more

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Texas Responsible AI Governance Act Enacted

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On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA or the Texas AI Act) into law. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2026. The law places obligations...more

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Texas Legislature Passes Comprehensive AI Bill

Texas’ legislature passed a business friendly “comprehensive” artificial intelligence (AI) bill, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (House Bill 149). But this isn’t a Colorado AI Act copycat; the...more

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House Bill 3809 Adds Obligations to Battery Energy Storage Lessees in Texas

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top On May 29, 2025, House Bill No. 3809 was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Born out of a crop of bills regulating renewable energy, including S.B. 388, S.B. 715,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Big State, Big Scrutiny: Texas Steps into the Foreign Investment Review Arena

Recently, the Texas House of Representatives introduced HB 5007, along with its companion bill SB 2117. The legislation—“Relating to the establishment of the Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review certain...more

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When Less Isn’t More: the Texas Hemp Ban and the Risks of Unregulated Markets

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Late last Wednesday evening the Texas House of Representatives dealt the hemp industry in the Lone Star State what can only be described as a Texas size heartache with the passage of Senate Bill 3 (SB3), effectively banning...more

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Texas Bills Introduce New Requirements for Healthcare Transactions

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On February 12, 2025, the Texas House of Representatives introduced Texas House Bill 2747 (H.B. 2747), which requires healthcare entities to submit written notice to the Texas attorney general ninety days prior to a material...more

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Texas Senate Bill 378, a.k.a. the "Botox Party Bill", and Its Impact on Existing Medical Regulations

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Texas Senate Bill 378, often referred to as the "Botox Party Bill", is currently making its way through the Texas legislative process. Initiated by State Sen. Charles Schwertner, the bill aims to restrict who can perform...more

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Lone Star Crackdown: Amidst a Patchwork of State Regulations, Texas Moves to Ban Lottery Courier Services

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In a significant regulatory shift, the Texas Lottery Commission has enacted an immediate ban on lottery ticket courier services in the state, effective February 24. This decisive move marks a stark departure from the...more

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US State AI Legislation: Virginia Vetoes, Colorado (Re)Considers, and Texas Transforms

The Virginia law, like the Colorado Act, would have imposed various obligations on companies involved in the creation or deployment of high-risk AI systems that influence significant decisions about individuals in areas such...more

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Texas Legislative Update: Proposed Reforms to Chapters 303, 392 and 394

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As the March 14, 2025, bill filing deadline approaches in the Texas Legislature, several legislative initiatives have been introduced to reform Chapter 392 and Chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code, which govern...more

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Texas BACT Is a Fact: The Texas Supreme Court Unpacks the Texas Clean Air Act’s BACT Definition

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Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality et al. (Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) presented the Texas Supreme Court with a unique opportunity to provide defined guideposts to understand...more

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