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# Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment)

Canonical ID: `2daee7a3-8a5f-4de4-90f5-562ae1c4e197`

- **Jurisdiction:** [Texas](/locations/united-states/texas.md) (id: `45f67762-10f4-4255-be84-45c73efe25f9`)
- **Kind:** `data_protection`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2025-09-01

Texas amended its CUBI Act in 2025 to expand biometric identifier definitions, strengthen consent requirements, and increase penalties. Requires informed written consent before capturing biometric data including faceprints, voiceprints, and iris scans. State AG enforcement with civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation.

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/business/biometric-privacy · 2025-09-01

## Status history

- **in_effect** · 2025-09-01 · agent-recon
    - Initial ingestion

## Common questions

### What does Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) cover?

Texas amended its CUBI Act in 2025 to expand biometric identifier definitions, strengthen consent requirements, and increase penalties. Requires informed written consent before capturing biometric data including faceprints, voiceprints, and iris scans. State AG enforcement with civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation.

### Where does Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) apply?

Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) is recorded as a data_protection applying in Texas on the DEPLOY registry.

### When did Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) take effect?

Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) is recorded as effective September 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry.

### Is Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) still in effect?

Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.

### What types of robots does Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) apply to?

Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment) is recorded as applying to biometric, wearable, humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry.

### Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment)?

8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of Texas CUBI: Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (2025 Amendment): 4NE-1, AEON, AI Pin, ALICE M1 and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.


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