Kansas HB2592/SB394

Issue: Age Verification

Latest Action: Became law without governor’s signature on April 25, 2024

Law took effect July 1, 2024

Age verification mandate. Relevant features:

  • Enforcement: civil fines and private lawsuits
  • Age verification mechanisms allowed:
    • A commercially available database that is regularly used by businesses or governmental entities for the purpose of age and identity verification
    • any other “reasonable” method expressly approved by attorney general or certified in documented international standards for age verification as specified by the attorney general
  • Applies to “Any commercial entity that knowingly shares or distributes material that is harmful to minors on a website and such material appears on 25% or more of the webpages viewed on such website in any calendar month, or that knowingly hosts such website”
  • Uses definition of "harmful to minors" that includes "acts of...homosexuality"

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Read the Bill: KS SB 394 KS HB 2592
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Bill Status
  • Introduced
  • Passed First Committee
  • Passed First Chamber
  • Passed Both Committees
  • Passed Both Chambers
  • Enacted
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