Texas House Bill 581 has been enacted and will become effective on September 1, 2025. This law prohibits the use of artificial intelligence to create sexual material that is harmful to minors. The enactment indicates a strong regulatory stance against the misuse of AI for generating illicit content, particularly concerning child protection, and carries a high enforcement risk.
HB58189Rjoint
Effective date
2025-09-01
Action required
Organizations operating in Texas must review and update their AI content generation policies and systems to ensure compliance with the prohibition on creating artificial sexual material harmful to minors by September 1, 2025.
Binding status
binding
Governing body
Texas Legislature
Direction
restrictive
Innovation impact
constraining
Sponsors
González, Mary Lalani Garcia, Linda
Compliance requirements
Prohibited practices
Creation of artificial sexual material harmful to minors
AI technologies
deepfakesgenerative aisynthetic media
Affected industries
technologymedia entertainment
Affected roles
general counselctoproduct managerdata scientist
"Relating to the creation of artificial sexual material harmful to minors."
Enriched 2026-06-07
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