{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 552.053","heading":"SOCIAL SCORING.","body":"A governmental entity may not use or deploy an artificial intelligence system that evaluates or classifies a natural person or group of natural persons based on social behavior or personal characteristics, whether known, inferred, or predicted, with the intent to calculate or assign a social score or similar categorical estimation or valuation of the person or group of persons that results or may result in:\n(1) detrimental or unfavorable treatment of a person or group of persons in a social context unrelated to the context in which the behavior or characteristics were observed or noted;\n(2) detrimental or unfavorable treatment of a person or group of persons that is unjustified or disproportionate to the nature or gravity of the observed or noted behavior or characteristics; or\n(3) the infringement of any right guaranteed under the United States Constitution, the Texas Constitution, or state or federal law.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 149), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2026.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION","SUBTITLE D. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTION","CHAPTER 552. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.552.htm#552.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"873e297bb023f2bd151f2a00ba2fad5f8f87b7660c4c67413e1c306eb42adc21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-552.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}