Kansas

Summary

Kansas has no comprehensive AI-behavior statute, but has enacted several targeted laws touching AI-generated synthetic media and government use of AI platforms. In 2025, the legislature enacted HB 2313 (signed April 8, 2025), barring state agencies from using AI platforms controlled by countries of concern (e.g., DeepSeek) on state-issued devices and networks. In early 2026, Governor Kelly signed HB 2183 (February 6, 2026), extending child sexual exploitation statutes to cover AI-generated imagery indistinguishable from real minors — a criminal disclosure/labeling rule rather than a platform conduct rule. Several broader AI-behavior bills were introduced in the 2025-2026 session but failed to advance: SB 405 (companion-chatbot safety and disclosure requirements) stalled in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee after a February 2026 hearing; HB 2671 (the Kansas Community Harmed by AI Technology Act — age verification and disclosure popups for companion-AI chatbots) passed both chambers but its final gubernatorial disposition is unconfirmed before sine die adjournment on April 11, 2026; HB 2592 (AI task force) died in committee. Kansas's general consumer-protection act (KSA 50-626, prohibiting deceptive acts and practices in consumer transactions) provides the baseline backstop against undisclosed bot impersonation of humans, enforceable by the Attorney General or aggrieved consumers.