| 1 | 1 | | 89R23891 GP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Capriglione H.B. No. 4437 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4437: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Capriglione C.S.H.B. No. 4437 |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to a requirement that the Department of Information |
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| 12 | 12 | | Resources implement and develop a system and database to |
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| 13 | 13 | | authenticate and track certain digital content. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 2054.0542 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 2054.0542. CONTENT PROVENANCE SYSTEM. (a) In this |
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| 18 | 18 | | section: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) "Content" means any visual, audio, or audiovisual |
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| 20 | 20 | | digital content. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) "Content provenance" means information, in a |
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| 22 | 22 | | format that is compliant with guidelines or specifications adopted |
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| 23 | 23 | | by an established standards-setting body, including: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) the origin of the content; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) the content's modification history; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (C) whether the content is wholly or partly |
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| 27 | 27 | | synthetic content; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (D) if the content is synthetic, the name of the |
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| 29 | 29 | | generative artificial intelligence provider whose generative |
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| 30 | 30 | | artificial intelligence tool generated the synthetic content. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) "Cryptographic hash database" means a secure |
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| 32 | 32 | | repository for storing digital signatures or hashes generated from |
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| 33 | 33 | | content that may be used to verify that the content has not been |
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| 34 | 34 | | altered. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) "Hash" means a cryptographic representation of an |
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| 36 | 36 | | original piece of content. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (5) "State website" means any state Internet website |
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| 38 | 38 | | maintained by the department that is primarily used to disseminate |
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| 39 | 39 | | information to the public. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) The department shall implement and maintain a content |
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| 41 | 41 | | provenance system to: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) embed into each piece of content created and owned |
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| 43 | 43 | | by the department and posted on a state website the content's |
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| 44 | 44 | | content provenance; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) include a hash for each piece of content created |
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| 46 | 46 | | and owned by the department and posted by the department on a state |
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| 47 | 47 | | website and record the hash in a cryptographic hash database. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) The content provenance system must be tamper-evident |
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| 49 | 49 | | and readily verifiable by the general public through accessible |
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| 50 | 50 | | online tools or interfaces. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d) The department may provide technical assistance to |
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| 52 | 52 | | another state agency to assist the agency in implementing a content |
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| 53 | 53 | | provenance system for the agency's content. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 2. (a) The Department of Information Resources |
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| 55 | 55 | | shall implement the content provenance system required by Section |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2054.0542, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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| 57 | 57 | | September 1, 2026. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (b) Section 2054.0542, Government Code, as added by this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act, applies only to content that is created and owned by the |
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| 60 | 60 | | Department of Information Resources on or after the date the |
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| 61 | 61 | | department implements the content provenance system required by |
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| 62 | 62 | | that section under Subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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