republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2183.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2183	Kansas HB 2183 (2025-2026)	bill	Courts Crimes Punishment and Criminal Procedure Rules and Regulations Administrative SB 222 Statutes	enacted		5	24	0	2025-01-30	2026-02-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a861810d-bdba-4db1-8a14-64f7c337440a	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2183/	57d2c7e515a2ac6f3982dcff439e5b102acf4e4e45af59203959eab7e5814339	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2183 (2025-2026) — 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-06 Law effective July 1, 2026
• 2026-02-06 Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 5, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-01-27 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, January 27, 2026
• 2026-01-23 Reengrossed on Friday, January 23, 2026
• 2026-01-22 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 83, Nay 39, Absent 3
• 2025-03-27 Conference committee report now available
• 2025-03-27 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 30, Nay 10
• 2025-03-24 Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
• 2025-03-20 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
• 2025-03-19 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 passage
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2025-03-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2025-03-07 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2025-02-20 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 119, Nay 3, Absent 3 passage
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bradley Barrett was adopted passage
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bradley Barrett
• 2025-02-19 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2025-02-13 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-30 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-30 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a861810d-bdba-4db1-8a14-64f7c337440a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).