Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2183: Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

Enacted Last action February 6, 2026: Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 5, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2183 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (February 6, 2026): Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 5, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary.