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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2183"
citation: "Kansas HB 2183 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure", "Rules and Regulations", "Administrative", "SB 222", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a861810d-bdba-4db1-8a14-64f7c337440a"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2183/"
source_hash: "57d2c7e515a2ac6f3982dcff439e5b102acf4e4e45af59203959eab7e5814339"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2183/hb2183_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2183/hb2183_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2183/hb2183_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2183/hb2183_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2183/hb2183_enrolled.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a861810d-bdba-4db1-8a14-64f7c337440a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).