Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6023

Introduced
1/28/26  

Caption

Opposing the federal preemption of state laws that regulate artificial intelligence.

Impact

If enacted, HR6023 would maintain Kansas' autonomy in shaping its approach to AI regulation, ensuring that local context and needs are taken into account. This could prevent potential negative impacts stemming from a one-size-fits-all federal legislative approach, which may not address specific state concerns and circumstances. HR6023 reinforces the idea that states should serve as 'laboratories of democracy' in this regard, tailoring AI regulations more closely aligned with their own constituencies' needs.

Summary

House Resolution No. 6023 (HR6023) expresses strong opposition from the Kansas House of Representatives against federal preemption of state laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI). The resolution emphasizes the importance of states' constitutional authority to manage AI regulations in various critical areas, including election administration, public safety, healthcare, and employment. The resolution argues that federal action could undermine state-level policymaking and leave citizens without necessary legal protections in the emerging AI landscape.

Contention

The resolution identifies potential issues with proposed federal interventions, such as coercive efforts to withhold federal funding from states that do not comply with federal standards. There are concerns about the ambiguity of federal proposals, which could either lead to misinterpretation or litigation, effectively creating a regulatory vacuum. Furthermore, by opposing federal mandates, Kansas seeks to safeguard its right to legislate on various vital issues impacted by AI, ensuring they can proactively address and mitigate AI-related risks in their communities.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

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 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 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.

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 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 SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

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 SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

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 SCR1602

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

Similar Bills

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