# H.B. No. 149 (Texas) — effective January 1, 2026

For H.B. No. 149 (Texas), effective date is January 1, 2026, verified against its source on 2026-09-08.

- **Jurisdiction:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** H.B. No. 149 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Short title:** Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 10. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> I certify that H.B. No. 149 was passed by the House

## Source

- https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00149F.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-08. Review by: 2026-10-23.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).