SUMMARY
SB 2473 proposed notice, tool-use descriptions, and bias-mitigation duties when Texas state agencies used automated employment decision tools to assess applicants. It was referred to Senate Business & Commerce and received no further recorded action.
WHY IT MATTERS
The proposal directly addressed state-agency hiring, but none of its applicant notice or anti-discrimination measures are operative. SB 1964's enacted public-sector governance framework is broader and does not reproduce these hiring-specific duties.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- No operative requirements: SB 2473 did not become law.
COVERAGE
Employers: The proposal would have applied to Texas state agencies within Government Code § 656.021.
Workers: The proposal would have covered applicants for state-agency jobs.
ENFORCEMENT & PENALTIES
None; unenacted proposal.
CHANGE HISTORY
- verification update
Record re-verified
Official source links, status, and key dates were checked for this maintenance release.
- expired
Regular session ended without enactment
SB 2473 remained in committee when the 89th regular session ended.
- introduced
SB 2473 referred to committee
The Senate referred the proposal to Business & Commerce; no later action is recorded.
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Texas SB 1964 — Public-Sector AI Governance
SB 1964 requires public-sector AI inventories, risk and governance standards, impact assessments for heightened-scrutiny systems, training, and related oversight for covered governmental entities.
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