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Establishing the Kansas community harmed by AI technology act, mandating user accounts and age verification for AI chatbot access, classifying users by age, requiring parental consent for minors, blocking explicit content, protecting age information confidentiality, monitoring for suicidal…
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Not law. The Kansas CHAT Act (Community Harmed by AI Technology Act) would have required anyone offering a companion AI chatbot in Kansas to require user accounts, verify every user's age (freezing existing accounts until verified), and link minors' accounts to a verified parent account with parental consent. Minors would have been blocked from chatbots that engage in sexually explicit talk, and cut off with their parent alerted if they expressed suicidal thoughts. Chatbots would have had to show a pop-up at least every 60 minutes saying the user is not talking to a human. It died in committee on April 10, 2026.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died, so it creates no obligations for companion-chatbot operators in Kansas.
Key provisions
- Covers anyone offering a companion AI chatbot (built mainly to simulate friendship, companionship, or emotional or therapeutic conversation) to people in Kansas
- User accounts required; accounts existing on July 1, 2026 frozen until the user's age is verified with a commercially available method
- Minors' accounts must be linked to a verified parent account, with verifiable parental consent
- Minors blocked from chatbots that engage in sexually explicit communication; on suicidal ideation, the minor's access is blocked, the parent told immediately and suicide-lifeline contacts provided
- Pop-up at the start of every interaction and at least every 60 minutes: the user is not talking to a human, and the chatbot is not licensed to give advice
- Attorney General guidance due by December 31, 2026; violations are deceptive acts under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act; safe harbor for entities that rely in good faith on users' age information and follow the guidance
- Introduced February 3, 2026 by the House K-12 Education Budget Committee; referred to Legislative Modernization; died in committee April 10, 2026
Latest legislative action
Apr 10, 2026. Died in Committee
Sponsors (showing 5 of 43)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget | Primary |
| Committee on K-12 Education Budget | Primary |
| Alcala | Original Sponsor |
| Amyx | Original Sponsor |
| Ballard | Original Sponsor |
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