TRAIGA (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act)
A Texas AI law effective January 1, 2026, applying to those doing business in Texas or serving Texas residents; it prohibits certain intentional-harm AI uses, imposes government notice and biometric limits, creates a Texas AI Council and a regulatory sandbox, and is enforced by the Attorney General with civil penalties from ten thousand to two hundred thousand dollars per violation, a sixty-day cure period, and no private right of action.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Transformation Professional (CATP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A Texas AI law effective January 1, 2026, applying to those doing business in Texas or serving Texas residents; it prohibits certain intentional-harm AI uses, imposes government notice and biometric limits, creates a Texas AI Council and a regulatory sandbox, and is enforced by the Attorney General with civil penalties from ten thousand to two hundred thousand dollars per violation, a sixty-day cure period, and no private right of action.
Enacted 22 June 2025, effective 1 January 2026. A broad governance act built around prohibited practices (behavioral manipulation, unlawful social scoring, discrimination, unconsented biometric capture) rather than universal disclosure, reaching any AI system accessible to Texas residents regardless of company headquarters, enforced exclusively by the Texas Attorney General with a mandatory 60-day cure period.
Texas House Bill 149, effective January 1, 2026, focused primarily on government AI use and a defined set of prohibited AI uses, narrower than Colorado's original comprehensive approach.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- The States Moved First: The Corrected 2026 State Law Map · AI Law in Practice: The Compliance-to-Persuasion Toolkit, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- The Global AI Operating Model · Lab: Regional and Geopolitical AI, Certified AI Transformation Professional (CATP)
- The US Federal and State Landscape · China, EU, US: The Comparative Playbook, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where TRAIGA (Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act) starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Tracks executive orders, OMB guidance, agency rules and the state patchwork, and knows which state laws reach hiring, insurance and consumer decisions.
3 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Profiles data, sets rules and thresholds, monitors, assigns issues to owners, and knows when data is not fit to train or run a model.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Applies IMDA's Model AI Governance Framework, AI Verify and the PDPA alongside Western frameworks for organizations operating across Asia.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- AI Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
- AI Policy Analystneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds working knowledge
- Chief Data Officer, data leadership editionneeds it at depth
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds working knowledge
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: OMB M-25-21 and M-25-22; Colorado SB 24-205; NYC Local Law 144; EU AI Act Article 10.
One interview question about it
A US company operates in several states. How do you track which state AI laws apply to which systems, and what changes when a new one passes?
Asked of candidates for us federal and state ai regulation. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Policy, legislative and government affairs staff carries it as a claim to back up: You follow federal and state developments already.
- A public policy, political science or international relations degree carries it as a claim to back up: US federal and state process is familiar; the AI statutes are new.
- Data analysis, stewardship and business intelligence carries it as work you can show: Quality rules and profiling results are your artifacts.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.