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Federal & EU rules

Technology, law, and practice. As of November 3, 2026.

Facts checked November 3, 2026

As of November 3, 2026

Neutral status summary. Not legal advice. Confirm details with counsel. Broader state and country tables are in the next briefing.

Texas (selected)

  • TRAIGAHB 149, effective Jan 1, 2026, requires government agencies that offer AI systems interacting with residents to disclose that interaction in plain language, and restricts specified uses such as social scoring and certain discriminatory uses; the Attorney General enforces.[1,11]
  • AI trainingHB 3512, effective Sep 1, 2025, requires annual DIR-certified AI training for covered local and state officials and employees who use computers for at least 25% of duties.[2,12]
  • CloudTX-RAMP certification is required before a state agency contracts for covered cloud services.[13]
  • Deepfakes / child safetyElection Code §255.004 addresses deceptive deep fake video near elections; SB 20 (effective Sep 1, 2025) extends obscenity law to certain AI-generated child depictions.[14,15]

Federal landscape in brief

As of Nov 3, 2026, the United States has no single comprehensive federal AI Act analogous to the EU AI Act. Federal activity is a mix of sector enforcement (for example FTC actions and TAKE IT DOWN), procurement and use rules for federal agencies (OMB memoranda), voluntary standards (NIST), and executive orders that direct agencies. States have filled much of the detailed legislative space on frontier transparency, employment AI, election deepfakes, and chatbot disclosures.

Federal (selected instruments)

  • TAKE IT DOWNPublic Law 119-12, signed May 19, 2025, criminalizes publication of non-consensual intimate images including certain AI “digital forgeries,” and requires covered platforms to remove validly reported images within 48 hours beginning May 19, 2026, with FTC enforcement.[16,17]
  • EO 14365Issued Dec 11, 2025, directs federal agencies regarding state AI laws the administration describes as burdensome. An executive order does not by itself repeal state statutes; the order text preserves space for state child-safety and state-government procurement rules.[18]
  • OMB M-25-21 / M-25-22Apr 3, 2025 memoranda set federal-agency governance and acquisition expectations for AI, including inventories and contract practices aimed at reducing lock-in. They bind federal agencies; some localities reference them as models.[19,20]

European Union AI Act timeline

The EU AI Act entered into force Aug 1, 2024. Prohibitions and AI-literacy duties applied from Feb 2, 2025. GPAI model obligations applied from Aug 2, 2025. Most remaining rules, including Article 50 transparency duties, applied from Aug 2, 2026. The Digital Omnibus on AI adjustments set Annex III high-risk rules for Dec 2, 2027 and Annex I product-embedded high-risk rules for Aug 2, 2028; new prohibitions on AI that generates non-consensual intimate images or CSAM apply from Dec 2, 2026 (European Commission AI Act Service Desk timeline, accessed for this review Nov 3, 2026).[21]

Status figures in this briefing are as of Nov 3, 2026 unless a source date is stated. Laws change; verify before reliance.

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