Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB405

Introduced
1/28/26  

Caption

Making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of another person, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, act as a healthcare professional, simulate humans or encourage isolation.

Impact

If passed, SB405 would create a legal framework that specifically prohibits the training of AI for malicious purposes related to suicide and emotional support deception. This regulation aligns state laws with increasing public concern about the ethical implications of AI technology. Proponents of the bill argue that it is a necessary step to protect mental health, ensuring that those utilizing AI do not suffer from the detrimental effects that could arise from poorly designed AI interactions, particularly in sensitive areas such as mental health support and human relationships.

Summary

Senate Bill 405 seeks to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in contexts where it could be harmful by making it unlawful for individuals to train AI systems with the intent to encourage or support suicide, unlawful killing, or to simulate human behavior that could result in emotional harm. The bill focuses on safeguarding individuals, especially those vulnerable to mental health issues, from potential exploitation or harmful influences from AI technology. This legislation emerges in response to growing concerns regarding AI's role in psychological impacts on users and its responsibilities as it becomes more integrated into daily life.

Contention

Despite its protective intentions, critics of SB405 might argue that the bill could stifle innovation and technological advancement in the AI sector. There may be concerns that such regulations could hinder the development of beneficial AI applications aimed at supporting emotional well-being. Opponents could also raise questions about the bill's enforcement and the implications of defining what constitutes 'harm' in the context of AI training. The discussions around this bill are likely to involve a balance between safeguarding individuals and allowing for the growth and utility of AI technology in society.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 HB2002

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

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 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 SB6

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

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 SR1701

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS HR6001

Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS SB8

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

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