Relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments, the official text

H.B. No. 3512

AN ACT

relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain

employees and officials of state agencies and local governments.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.175(h-1), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(h-1) Notwithstanding Section 2054.5191, Government Code,

only the district's cybersecurity coordinator is required to

complete the cybersecurity training and the artificial

intelligence training under that section on an annual basis. Any

other school district employee required to complete the

cybersecurity training and the artificial intelligence training

shall complete the training as determined by the district, in

consultation with the district's cybersecurity coordinator.

SECTION 2. The heading to Section 772.012, Government Code,

is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 772.012. COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

SECTION 3. Sections 772.012(b) and (c), Government Code,

are amended to read as follows:

(b) To apply for a grant under this chapter, a local

government must submit with the grant application a written

certification of the local government's compliance with the

cybersecurity training and the artificial intelligence training

required by Section 2054.5191.

(c) On a determination by the criminal justice division

established under Section 772.006 that a local government awarded a

grant under this chapter has not complied with the cybersecurity

training or the artificial intelligence training required by

Section 2054.5191, the local government shall pay to this state an

amount equal to the amount of the grant award. A local government

that is the subject of a determination described by this subsection

is ineligible for another grant under this chapter until the second

anniversary of the date the local government is determined

ineligible.

SECTION 4. The heading to Subchapter N-1, Chapter 2054,

Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER N-1. CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

SECTION 5. The heading to Section 2054.5191, Government

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2054.5191. CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

TRAINING REQUIRED: CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS.

SECTION 6. Sections 2054.5191(a), (a-1), (b), (c), and (e),

Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Each state agency shall identify state employees who use

a computer to complete at least 25 percent of the employee's

required duties. At least once each year, an employee identified by

the state agency and each elected or appointed officer of the agency

shall complete a cybersecurity training program certified under

Section 2054.519 and an artificial intelligence training program

certified under Section 2054.5193.

(a-1) At least once each year, a local government shall:

(1) identify local government employees and elected

and appointed officials who have access to a local government

computer system or database and use a computer to perform at least

25 percent of the employee's or official's required duties; and

(2) require the employees and officials identified

under Subdivision (1) to complete:

(A) a cybersecurity training program certified

under Section 2054.519; and

(B) an artificial intelligence training program

certified under Section 2054.5193.

(b) The governing body of a local government may select the

most appropriate cybersecurity training program certified under

Section 2054.519 and the most appropriate artificial intelligence

training program certified under Section 2054.5193 for employees

and officials of the local government to complete. The governing

body shall:

(1) verify and report on the completion of a

cybersecurity training program and an artificial intelligence

training program by employees and officials of the local government

to the department; and

(2) require periodic audits to ensure compliance with

this section.

(c) A state agency may select the most appropriate

cybersecurity training program certified under Section 2054.519

and the most appropriate artificial intelligence training program

certified under Section 2054.5193 for employees of the state

agency. The executive head of each state agency shall verify

completion of a cybersecurity training program and an artificial

intelligence training program by employees of the state agency in a

manner specified by the department.

(e) The department shall develop a form for use by state

agencies and local governments in verifying completion of

cybersecurity training program and artificial intelligence

training program requirements under this section. The form must

allow the state agency and local government to indicate the

percentage of employee completion.

SECTION 7. Subchapter N-1, Chapter 2054, Government Code,

is amended by adding Section 2054.5193 to read as follows:

Sec. 2054.5193. STATE-CERTIFIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) The department, in consultation with a

board or council administratively attached to the department and

authorized to advise the department on artificial intelligence

systems and with other interested persons, shall annually:

(1) certify at least five artificial intelligence

training programs for state and local government employees;

(2) update standards for maintenance of certification

by the artificial intelligence training programs under this

section; and

(3) ensure that the artificial intelligence training

programs are equal in length to the cybersecurity training programs

certified under Section 2054.519.

(b) To be certified under Subsection (a), an artificial

intelligence training program must:

(1) focus on forming an understanding of how

artificial intelligence technology may be used in relation to a

state employee's responsibilities and duties; and

(2) teach best practices on literacy in deploying and

operating the artificial intelligence technologies.

(c) The department may identify and certify under

Subsection (a) training programs provided by state agencies and

local governments that satisfy the training requirements described

by Subsection (b).

(d) The department may contract with an independent third

party to certify artificial intelligence training programs under

this section.

(e) The department shall annually publish on the

department's Internet website the list of artificial intelligence

training programs certified under this section.

SECTION 8. Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the governor's office

shall determine the elements required to be included in each

agency's strategic plan. Unless modified by the Legislative Budget

Board and the governor's office, and except as provided by

Subsection (c), a plan must include:

(1) a statement of the mission and goals of the state

agency;

(2) a description of the indicators developed under

this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the

agency;

(3) identification of the groups of people served by

the agency, including those having service priorities, or other

service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in

those groups expected during the term of the plan;

(4) an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to

meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of

additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;

(5) an analysis of expected changes in the services

provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law;

(6) a description of the means and strategies for

meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving

the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state

government for which the agency provides services;

(7) a description of the capital improvement needs of

the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if

appropriate, of the priority of those needs;

(8) identification of each geographic region of this

state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the

Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if

appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each

region;

(9) a description of the training of the agency's

contract managers under Section 656.052;

(10) an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures

that relate to federally owned or operated military installations

or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated

military installation or facility is located;

(11) an analysis of the strategic use of information

resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section

2054.095;

(12) a written certification of the agency's

compliance with the cybersecurity training and the artificial

intelligence training required under Sections 2054.5191 and

2054.5192; and

(13) other information that may be required.

SECTION 9. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Department of Information Resources shall adopt

the rules necessary to develop and implement the artificial

intelligence training programs required by Section 2054.5193,

Government Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3512 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 3512 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 18,

1 present, not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3512 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor