With TRAIGA, Lone Star State Leans Into AI Governance Regulation
By Omer Tene, Goodwin, July 9, 2025
With the demise of the proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulations, which Congress eliminated at the last moment from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last week, state AI legislation takes center stage. The AI moratorium would have prevented states from instituting AI regulatory measures for a decade. And while businesses might think state AI regulation is the bailiwick of blue states like California, Connecticut, and Colorado — which, to be sure, already have AI laws in the books, if not yet in force — red states too are joining the fray. No red state has more oomph than Texas, and indeed, the Lone Star State has now passed a major AI statute, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA).
