Relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments.
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 the
cybersecurity council established under Section 2054.512 and
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.
