Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2772

Introduced
2/10/26  

Caption

Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors; enacting the Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act to create a private right of action for the unauthorized digital replication and distribution of individuals' digital likenesses; enacting the Kansas saving human connection act to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in chatbot interactions.

Impact

The Kansas age-appropriate design code act requires businesses to assess and mitigate risks related to compulsive use of their products or services by minors. This provision is designed to encourage companies to adopt design strategies that are more mindful of the impact on young users. By holding businesses accountable for their design choices, the act aims to create a safer online experience for minors, potentially leading to broader industry standards regarding the treatment of young users.

Summary

House Bill 2772 introduces several significant legislative measures aimed at safeguarding minors from the risks associated with technology and digital interactions. The bill encompasses three main components: the Kansas age-appropriate design code act, the Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act, and the Kansas saving human connection act. Each of these components seeks to address specific concerns surrounding the safety and rights of minors in an increasingly digital environment, emphasizing the importance of ethical technology practices.

Conclusion

Finally, the Kansas saving human connection act aims to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in interactions with chatbots. This provision reflects a growing demand for honesty in AI communications, particularly as chatbots become more prevalent in customer service and personal interactions. If passed, HB 2772 would represent a comprehensive approach to improving the digital landscape for minors and ensuring that technology firms are accountable for their impact on youth.

Contention

The Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act creates a private right of action for individuals whose digital likenesses have been replicated and distributed without consent. This aspect of the bill addresses growing concerns about privacy and personal rights in the digital realm, recognizing the harms that can arise from unauthorized use of personal likenesses. This measure has been a point of contention, as it raises questions about enforcement and the balance between technological innovation and individual rights.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

Similar Bills

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