Kansas HB 2183 (2026) – Synthetic Child Exploitation Material and Visual Depictions
Kansas · KS HB 2183, 2025-26 Reg. Sess., approved by Governor Feb. 5, 2026, eff. July 1, 2026
Kansas updated its child sexual exploitation and privacy statutes to prohibit creation and distribution of visual depictions where the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, including AI-generated and morphed imagery. The law also addresses unlawful transmission of such visual depictions and breach of privacy. Signed by the governor February 5, 2026; took effect July 1, 2026 as part of the 124-law Kansas effective date batch.
Technical detail
KS HB 2183 (2025-26 Reg. Sess.), approved by Governor February 5, 2026, effective July 1, 2026. Modifies crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of visual depictions of a child, and breach of privacy to prohibit acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, including computer-generated and morphed images.
Who is protected: Minors depicted in sexual exploitation material including AI-generated or morphed imagery
Who must comply: Any person creating, distributing, or possessing qualifying synthetic child sexual exploitation imagery
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Kansas |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Status | In effect |
| Protection strength | Limited protection |
| Effective date | 2026-07-01 |
| Enacted | 2026-02-05 |
| Citation | KS HB 2183, 2025-26 Reg. Sess., approved by Governor Feb. 5, 2026, eff. July 1, 2026 |
| Enforced by | Kansas district attorneys / criminal courts |
| Private right of action | No — agency enforcement only |
| Penalties | Felony criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of a child offenses |
| Topics | non-consensual intimate imagery · deepfakes · AI-generated images · children's online safety |
| Last verified | 2026-07-24 |
| Official source | Kansas HB2183 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | LegiScan ↗ |
More AI rules in Kansas
- KS AI Foreign Platforms Ban · In effect
- Kansas HB 2479 (AI images in blackmail law) · In effect
- Kansas HB 2537 'Caleb's Law' (AI sextortion) · In effect
- State of Kansas Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy (P · In effect
Related non-consensual intimate imagery rules elsewhere
- Arizona HB 2133 deepfake sexual content — vetoed 2026 · Vetoed
- TAKE IT DOWN Act · In effect
- DEFIANCE Act (deepfake-porn civil suits) · Proposed / pending
- NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn) · In effect
- VA HB 2678 (2019, first deepfake-NCII criminal law) · In effect
- Missouri Deepfake & Digital Media Protection Act · Proposed / pending
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