KansasAI regulation

Regulation Status

• Kansas approaches AI through public-sector security and criminal-law updates rather than a comprehensive statute. SB 2313 prohibits state agencies from using an AI platform of concern, including DeepSeek.
• Kansas has amended criminal statutes addressing AI-enabled sexual abuse and extortion. HB 2479 amends K.S.A. 21-5428 to include sexual content depicting an identifiable person that was created or altered by artificial intelligence within the definition of blackmail, with existing criminal penalties applying.
• HB 2537 amends K.S.A. 21-5515 so that images, videos, or other recordings generated by artificial intelligence fall within Kansas's definition of sexual extortion, with existing criminal penalties applying.
• Kansas has not enacted a broad, risk-based AI framework or general automated-decision statute. Its posture remains narrow, focused on state-agency use of AI platforms of concern and on synthetic sexual imagery in the criminal code.
• Executive and agency developments: OITS Policy 8200: Generative Artificial Intelligence (2023 version): Established acceptable-use expectations for executive-branch generative AI, protecting state safety, privacy, and intellectual property. This is a historical policy version; the state's later ITEC Policy 6200 expressly identifies Policy 8200 as superseded.
• ITEC Policy 6200-P took effect on May 19, 2026, replacing OITS Policy 8200 with requirements covering internal and public-facing AI use, sensitive data, procurement, human oversight, and autonomous systems.