State AI law
Kansas
AI laws
We track 15 artificial-intelligence bills and regulations in Kansas. 5 have been signed or enacted.
Last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How we collect and check bills
Where Kansas’s bills stand
15 bills- Introduced
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- In committee
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- Passed a chamber
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- Signed or enacted
- 5
- Dead or vetoed
- 10
Overview
How Kansas regulates AI
Kansas has 15 published AI-related bills in our register, 5 of them signed or enacted. Every bill below links to its own page with the status, dates and a plain-English summary.
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As of October 16, 2026, Kansas has enacted 5 AI laws, according to AI Laws by State. That ties for 33rd most among the 50 states and D.C.
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Kansas AI bills
RSS feed for KansasOpposing the federal preemption of state laws that regulate artificial intelligence.
Not law. Kansas HR 6023 was a House resolution that would have expressed strong opposition to any federal law, executive order or policy that preempts Kansas from enacting or enforcing its own AI laws, and would have rejected preemption proposals that lack an exemption for state prosecution of AI-enabled crimes, offer no federal minimum standards, or tie federal funding such as BEAD to Kansas not regulating AI. It would not have changed Kansas law. It was referred to the House Committee on Legislative Modernization January 29, 2026 and died in committee April 10, 2026.
Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors; enacting…
Not law. HB 2772 would have enacted three Kansas acts. An Age-Appropriate Design Code Act would have required online businesses likely to be used by minors to assess designs for the risk of compulsive use, use the lowest-risk design by default, give minors the highest privacy settings, and limit data collection. A digital-replica act would have let people sue over digital replicas of their likeness made without consent. A chatbot act would have required chatbots to say they are not human, limited the use of chat logs, and made providers liable for injuries their chatbots cause. It died in the House Federal and State Affairs Committee on April 10, 2026.
Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors, enacting…
Not law. SB 499, the Senate twin of HB 2772, would have enacted three Kansas acts. An Age-Appropriate Design Code Act would have required online businesses likely to be used by minors to assess designs for the risk of compulsive use, use the lowest-risk design by default, give minors the highest privacy settings, and limit data collection. A digital-replica act would have let people sue over replicas of their likeness made without consent. A chatbot act would have required chatbots to say they are not human, limited the use of chat logs, and made providers liable for injuries their chatbots cause. It died in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee on April 10, 2026.
Establishing the Kansas community harmed by AI technology act, mandating user accounts and age verification for AI chatbot access, classifyi…
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.
Making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of anothe…
Not law. SB 405 would have made it unlawful in Kansas to knowingly train AI, including chatbots, to encourage suicide or killing, give emotional support, act as a companion, pose as a licensed mental health or healthcare professional, act like a human friend, encourage isolation from family, or simulate a human being. The Attorney General or a harmed person could have sued for actual damages or $150,000, plus punitive damages and fees; courts could order the AI shut down until retrained and fine up to $50,000 per violation. It had a hearing on February 9, 2026 and died in committee on April 10, 2026.
Creating the Kansas task force on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to study such technologies and make recommendations to t…
Not law. Kansas HB 2592 would have created the Kansas task force on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies: six legislators as voting members and five nonvoting members, appointed by August 1, 2026. It would have studied the impacts, risks, workforce effects and regulatory needs of AI, AI use in state and local government, and AI in public education, with written reports due December 31, 2026 and each December 30 after, and would have expired January 1, 2028. It had a House Legislative Modernization hearing February 9, 2026 and died in committee April 10, 2026.
Enacting the use of artificial intelligence in medical decisions transparency act and requiring that all medical necessity determinations be…
Kansas's SB 467 (2026) would have enacted the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Decisions Transparency Act. Health insurers and utilization review organizations using AI, algorithms or software tools for utilization review would have had to ensure the tool bases decisions on the enrollee's clinical information and does not supplant provider decision-making, and the tool could not deny, delay or modify care on medical necessity; only a licensed physician or competent licensed professional could. Referred to committee February 4, 2026; Died in Committee April 10, 2026.
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release of persons prior to trial; authorizing electronic monitorin…
Kansas HB 2479 (L. 2026, ch. 114) is a criminal-law bill with an AI provision. Blackmail (K.S.A. 21-5428) now covers threatening to disseminate an image, video or other recording of an identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, expressly including recordings created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means, whether or not the person took part in the original. The breach-of-privacy offense keeps its AI-altered intimate image language. Other parts deal with pretrial electronic monitoring and are not about AI.
An Act concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sexual extortion; requiring the attorney general to prepare and pro…
Kansas HB 2537 (L. 2026, ch. 45, "Caleb's Law") rewrites the sexual extortion statute, K.S.A. 21-5515. The "image, video or other recording" used in a threat now expressly includes material created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means to depict a person, whether or not that person was involved in the original. Penalties rise when an adult targets a minor or dependent adult, and new crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm or death are created. The Attorney General must prepare educational materials.
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful tr…
Kansas SB 186 (L. 2025, ch. 120) brings AI-made sexual images into the Kansas criminal code. Possessing an obscene "artificially generated visual depiction" of a child is now sexual exploitation of a child. Unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child covers images created or altered by artificial intelligence to depict an identifiable child, and breach of privacy covers sharing intimate images of an identifiable adult that were created or altered by AI, without consent and with intent to harass, threaten or intimidate. The act also has non-AI bond and warrant provisions.
Senate Substitute for HB 2313 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Prohibiting the use of the artificial intelligence platform DeepSe…
Kansas's Senate Substitute for HB 2313 (2025) bars using state-owned or state-issued devices to access DeepSeek or any AI model controlled, directly or indirectly, by a country of concern (China including Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Venezuela; Taiwan excluded). State agency networks must block these platforms and agencies must delete existing accounts; law enforcement and cybersecurity investigations are exempt. It also bars state-funded medical and research facilities from using genetic sequencers or analysis software from a foreign adversary. Approved April 8, 2025; it takes effect on its publication in the statute book.
Prohibiting the use of generative artificial intelligence to create false representations of candidates in election campaign media or of sta…
Not law. Kansas SB 375 would have barred using synthetic media, meaning realistic but false images, audio or video made with generative AI or other digital technology, in election campaign communications to alter a candidate's appearance, action or speech, and in any communication to alter that of an elected or appointed state official. Violations would have been class C misdemeanors. Including the statement 'This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated' would have been an affirmative defense. It had a Senate Federal and State Affairs hearing February 8, 2024 and died in committee April 30, 2024.
Creating the protection against deep fakes act to provide a cause of action for damages arising from the use of generative artificial intell…
Not law. Kansas SB 525, the Protection Against Deep Fakes Act, would have let a person whose image or likeness is shown through synthetic media in published obscene material, without express written consent, sue the producer, promoter or intentional possessor. A plaintiff could recover actual damages, punitive damages equal to the defendant's revenue from the material, and attorney fees. It would not be a defense that the likeness was AI-generated and is not the person's actual image or likeness. It was referred to Senate Judiciary February 21, 2024 and died in committee April 30, 2024.
Relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; regulating the use; of generative artificial intelligence; requiring disclosure that…
Not law. Kansas HB 2559, as amended by the House Elections Committee, would have barred using synthetic media (realistic but false media intentionally manipulated with generative AI) to alter a candidate's appearance, action or speech in election campaign communications and a state official's in any communication. Violations would have been class C misdemeanors, with an affirmative defense if the communication states 'This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated.' Liability for disclosures would have rested solely with the advertiser, not broadcasters or media platforms. The committee recommended it as amended February 12, 2024; it was stricken from the House calendar February 23, 2024.
AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to autonomous motor vehicles; providing for the use and regulation thereof; establishing the auto…
Kansas SB 313 (L. 2022, ch. 93, K.S.A. 8-2901 et seq.) authorizes driverless-capable vehicles. A vehicle with an automated driving system that can perform the entire driving task and reach a minimal-risk condition may operate without a human driver, subject to conditions such as a human on board during the first year for vehicles with manual controls and a law-enforcement interaction plan filed with the Highway Patrol. Owners must carry insurance and meet crash duties; the Highway Patrol regulates and local rules are preempted. An autonomous vehicle advisory committee reports yearly.
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