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SB 499

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 and enacting the Kansas saving human connection act to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in chatbot interactions.

2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas bill requires tech platforms to limit addictive design for minors, bans unauthorized deepfakes, and mandates AI chatbot transparency disclosures.

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Bill Summary · SB 499

Legislative bill overview

SB 499 is a comprehensive digital protection bill with three main components: requiring businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors through age-appropriate design standards; creating legal protections against unauthorized creation and distribution of deepfakes and digital likenesses; and mandating transparency requirements for chatbot interactions to prevent deceptive AI practices.

Why is this important

This bill addresses emerging digital harms affecting minors and adults in an increasingly AI-driven environment. It attempts to balance innovation with consumer protection by establishing liability frameworks for platforms, deepfakes, and AI systems—issues that currently exist in regulatory gray areas where federal law has been slow to develop.

Potential points of contention

  • Compliance burden and cost: Businesses may argue the "age-appropriate design" standards are vague and expensive to implement, potentially favoring large tech companies that can absorb compliance costs over startups
  • Free speech implications: The deepfake provisions could face First Amendment challenges, particularly regarding satire, parody, and artistic expression involving digital replicas
  • Chatbot transparency scope: Defining what constitutes "deceptive practices" in AI interactions is technically complex; overly broad definitions could restrict legitimate AI development while narrow ones may not address actual harms
  • Private right of action litigation risk: The deepfake provision's private right of action could generate substantial litigation and burden courts, and raise questions about who qualifies as harmed (celebrities vs. private individuals)

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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