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1	1	89R11858 LRM-D
2	2	By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3512
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain
10	10	employees and officials of state agencies and local governments.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 11.175(h-1), Education Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(h-1) Notwithstanding Section 2054.5191, Government Code,
15	15	only the district's cybersecurity coordinator is required to
16	16	complete the cybersecurity training and the artificial
17	17	intelligence training under that section on an annual basis. Any
18	18	other school district employee required to complete the
19	19	cybersecurity training and the artificial intelligence training
20	20	shall complete the training as determined by the district, in
21	21	consultation with the district's cybersecurity coordinator.
22	22	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 772.012, Government Code,
23	23	is amended to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 772.012. COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL
25	25	INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
26	26	SECTION 3. Sections 772.012(b) and (c), Government Code,
27	27	are amended to read as follows:
28	28	(b) To apply for a grant under this chapter, a local
29	29	government must submit with the grant application a written
30	30	certification of the local government's compliance with the
31	31	cybersecurity training and the artificial intelligence training
32	32	required by Section 2054.5191.
33	33	(c) On a determination by the criminal justice division
34	34	established under Section 772.006 that a local government awarded a
35	35	grant under this chapter has not complied with the cybersecurity
36	36	training or the artificial intelligence training required by
37	37	Section 2054.5191, the local government shall pay to this state an
38	38	amount equal to the amount of the grant award. A local government
39	39	that is the subject of a determination described by this subsection
40	40	is ineligible for another grant under this chapter until the second
41	41	anniversary of the date the local government is determined
42	42	ineligible.
43	43	SECTION 4. The heading to Subchapter N-1, Chapter 2054,
44	44	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
45	45	SUBCHAPTER N-1. CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
46	46	SECTION 5. The heading to Section 2054.5191, Government
47	47	Code, is amended to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 2054.5191. CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
49	49	TRAINING REQUIRED: CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS.
50	50	SECTION 6. Sections 2054.5191(a), (a-1), (b), (c), and (e),
51	51	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
52	52	(a) Each state agency shall identify state employees who use
53	53	a computer to complete at least 25 percent of the employee's
54	54	required duties. At least once each year, an employee identified by
55	55	the state agency and each elected or appointed officer of the agency
56	56	shall complete a cybersecurity training program certified under
57	57	Section 2054.519 and an artificial intelligence training program
58	58	certified under Section 2054.5193.
59	59	(a-1) At least once each year, a local government shall:
60	60	(1) identify local government employees and elected
61	61	and appointed officials who have access to a local government
62	62	computer system or database and use a computer to perform at least
63	63	25 percent of the employee's or official's required duties; and
64	64	(2) require the employees and officials identified
65	65	under Subdivision (1) to complete:
66	66	(A) a cybersecurity training program certified
67	67	under Section 2054.519; and
68	68	(B) an artificial intelligence training program
69	69	certified under Section 2054.5193.
70	70	(b) The governing body of a local government may select the
71	71	most appropriate cybersecurity training program certified under
72	72	Section 2054.519 and the most appropriate artificial intelligence
73	73	training program certified under Section 2054.5193 for employees
74	74	and officials of the local government to complete. The governing
75	75	body shall:
76	76	(1) verify and report on the completion of a
77	77	cybersecurity training program and an artificial intelligence
78	78	training program by employees and officials of the local government
79	79	to the department; and
80	80	(2) require periodic audits to ensure compliance with
81	81	this section.
82	82	(c) A state agency may select the most appropriate
83	83	cybersecurity training program certified under Section 2054.519
84	84	and the most appropriate artificial intelligence training program
85	85	certified under Section 2054.5193 for employees of the state
86	86	agency. The executive head of each state agency shall verify
87	87	completion of a cybersecurity training program and an artificial
88	88	intelligence training program by employees of the state agency in a
89	89	manner specified by the department.
90	90	(e) The department shall develop a form for use by state
91	91	agencies and local governments in verifying completion of
92	92	cybersecurity training program and artificial intelligence
93	93	training program requirements under this section. The form must
94	94	allow the state agency and local government to indicate the
95	95	percentage of employee completion.
96	96	SECTION 7. Subchapter N-1, Chapter 2054, Government Code,
97	97	is amended by adding Section 2054.5193 to read as follows:
98	98	Sec. 2054.5193. STATE-CERTIFIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
99	99	TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) The department, in consultation with the
100	100	cybersecurity council established under Section 2054.512 and
101	101	interested persons, shall annually:
102	102	(1) certify at least five artificial intelligence
103	103	training programs for state and local government employees;
104	104	(2) update standards for maintenance of certification
105	105	by the artificial intelligence training programs under this
106	106	section; and
107	107	(3) ensure that the artificial intelligence training
108	108	programs are equal in length to the cybersecurity training programs
109	109	certified under Section 2054.519.
110	110	(b) To be certified under Subsection (a), an artificial
111	111	intelligence training program must:
112	112	(1) focus on forming an understanding of how
113	113	artificial intelligence technology may be used in relation to a
114	114	state employee's responsibilities and duties; and
115	115	(2) teach best practices on literacy in deploying and
116	116	operating the artificial intelligence technologies.
117	117	(c) The department may identify and certify under
118	118	Subsection (a) training programs provided by state agencies and
119	119	local governments that satisfy the training requirements described
120	120	by Subsection (b).
121	121	(d) The department may contract with an independent third
122	122	party to certify artificial intelligence training programs under
123	123	this section.
124	124	(e) The department shall annually publish on the
125	125	department's Internet website the list of artificial intelligence
126	126	training programs certified under this section.
127	127	SECTION 8. Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, is amended
128	128	to read as follows:
129	129	(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the governor's office
130	130	shall determine the elements required to be included in each
131	131	agency's strategic plan. Unless modified by the Legislative Budget
132	132	Board and the governor's office, and except as provided by
133	133	Subsection (c), a plan must include:
134	134	(1) a statement of the mission and goals of the state
135	135	agency;
136	136	(2) a description of the indicators developed under
137	137	this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the
138	138	agency;
139	139	(3) identification of the groups of people served by
140	140	the agency, including those having service priorities, or other
141	141	service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in
142	142	those groups expected during the term of the plan;
143	143	(4) an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to
144	144	meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of
145	145	additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
146	146	(5) an analysis of expected changes in the services
147	147	provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law;
148	148	(6) a description of the means and strategies for
149	149	meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving
150	150	the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state
151	151	government for which the agency provides services;
152	152	(7) a description of the capital improvement needs of
153	153	the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if
154	154	appropriate, of the priority of those needs;
155	155	(8) identification of each geographic region of this
156	156	state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the
157	157	Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if
158	158	appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each
159	159	region;
160	160	(9) a description of the training of the agency's
161	161	contract managers under Section 656.052;
162	162	(10) an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures
163	163	that relate to federally owned or operated military installations
164	164	or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated
165	165	military installation or facility is located;
166	166	(11) an analysis of the strategic use of information
167	167	resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section
168	168	2054.095;
169	169	(12) a written certification of the agency's
170	170	compliance with the cybersecurity training and the artificial
171	171	intelligence training required under Sections 2054.5191 and
172	172	2054.5192; and
173	173	(13) other information that may be required.
174	174	SECTION 9. As soon as practicable after the effective date
175	175	of this Act, the Department of Information Resources shall adopt
176	176	the rules necessary to develop and implement the artificial
177	177	intelligence training programs required by Section 2054.5193,
178	178	Government Code, as added by this Act.
179	179	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.