Kansas House bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 4, 2026.
HB2671 - 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 ideation, informing users of AI interaction, requiring compliance guidance by 2027, outlining enforcement under consumer protection laws and providing safe harbor for compliant entities.
AN ACT concerning consumer protection; establishing the Kansas community harmed by AI technology act; requiring covered entities to mandate user accounts for accessing companion AI chatbots and to verify user age using commercially available methods; classifying users as minors or adults based on age verification; mandating parental account affiliation and parental consent for minors; blocking minor users' access to interactions involving suicidal ideation or sexually explicit communications; protecting the confidentiality of age information and monitoring interactions for suicidal ideation; requiring popups to inform users that they are interacting with AI, not humans; requiring the attorney general to issue compliance guidance by December 31, 2026; outlining enforcement actions under the Kansas consumer protection act; providing a safe harbor for covered entities that rely on user-provided age information and comply with the attorney general's guidance.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-04 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-04 | Latest Action | Referred to Committee on Legislative Modernization |