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How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a)(1) "Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means the use of machine learning and related technologies that use data to train statistical models for the purpose of enabling computer systems to perform tasks normally associated with human intelligence or perception, including computer vision, speech or natural language processing, and content generation.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(1)" means the use of machine learning and related technologies that use data to train statistical models for the purpose of enabling computer systems to perform tasks normally associated with human intelligence or perception, including computer vision, speech or natural language processing, and content generation.
(a)(2) "Biometric identifierBiometric identifier"Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(2)" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.
Section 1 of the bill amends the definitions subsection of Texas's biometric identifier statute to add a new definition of artificial intelligence and to renumber the existing biometric identifier definition. The AI definition is broad, encompassing machine learning and related technologies used to train statistical models for tasks associated with human intelligence or perception, including computer vision, speech and natural language processing, and content generation. These definitions set the scope for the new AI exemption in subsection (f).
(f) 1 This section does not apply to artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means the use of machine learning and related technologies that use data to train statistical models for the purpose of enabling computer systems to perform tasks normally associated with human intelligence or perception, including computer vision, speech or natural language processing, and content generation.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(1) or related training, processing, or storage, unless performed for the purpose of uniquely identifying a specific individual. If a biometric identifierBiometric identifier"Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(2) captured for the commercial purpose of artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means the use of machine learning and related technologies that use data to train statistical models for the purpose of enabling computer systems to perform tasks normally associated with human intelligence or perception, including computer vision, speech or natural language processing, and content generation.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(1) is used for another and separate commercial purpose, the person possessing the biometric identifierBiometric identifier"Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(2) is subject to this section's provisions for the possession and destruction of a biometric identifierBiometric identifier"Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.Bus. & Com. Code § 503.001(a)(2) and the associated penalties.
Subsection (f) creates the bill's operative carve-out: the entire biometric identifier statute does not apply to artificial intelligence or related training, processing, or storage of biometric data, unless the AI use is for the purpose of uniquely identifying a specific individual. This means entities collecting biometric data such as face geometry or voiceprints for AI model training — without using those identifiers to identify specific people — would not need to comply with the statute's existing notice, consent, retention, and destruction requirements.
The second sentence imposes a conditional re-application rule: if a biometric identifier originally captured for AI purposes is later repurposed to a separate commercial use, the possessor becomes subject to the statute's full possession and destruction provisions and associated penalties. This creates a data-use boundary that entities must monitor and enforce internally.
This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
The bill takes effect September 1, 2025.