KansasKansasBillSB 499Unverified

Kansas age-appropriate design code, digital replicas and chatbot transparency

Would have enacted an age-appropriate design code for minors, a private right of action over nonconsensual digital replicas and chatbot transparency rules.

FailedIntroducedCommitteeFloorLaw

Died in committeeApr 10 7 months ago

Body: Kansas Legislature
Session: 2025-2026
Introduced: Feb 9
Topics: Kids AI Deepfakes Platforms

Official page Source: Kansas Legislature actions and subject index report

Timeline

Apr 10 7 months ago
Died in committee
Feb 10 9 months ago
Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Feb 9 9 months ago
Introduced in Senate

Sponsors

Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

KansasSB 372

App Store Accountability Act

Would have required app stores and developers to verify ages and obtain parental consent for minors, enforced under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and a private right of action.

FailedApr 10

KansasHB 2671unverified

Kansas Community Harmed by AI Technology Act

Would have required user accounts, age verification and parental consent for AI chatbot access, content blocking for minors and suicide-risk monitoring.

FailedApr 10

KansasHB 2183

AI-generated child sexual abuse material and deepfake dissemination

Extends child sexual exploitation crimes to images that are morphed from or indistinguishable from a real child or generated without any actual child, and bars disseminating items that purport to depict an identifiable person.

In forceFeb 5

KansasHB 2313

Ban on DeepSeek and foreign-adversary AI on state devices

Prohibits the AI platform DeepSeek and other AI platforms controlled by a country of concern on state-owned devices and networks, and bars genetic sequencers or analysis software produced in a foreign adversary.

In forceApr 8, 2025

KansasSB 394

Age verification for websites with material harmful to minors

Requires websites containing material harmful to minors to use age-verification technology before granting access.

In forceApr 25, 2024

KansasHB 2559

Election deepfake disclosure

Would have required disclosure of AI-manipulated images or speech in campaign media and made false representations of candidates or state officials a crime.

FailedFeb 12, 2024

Change log

AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27

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