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KS HB2657
Bill
Status
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Legislative Modernization
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AI Summary
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Social media platforms are prohibited from allowing individuals under 16 to create, maintain, or access accounts without verified parental consent obtained through commercially reasonable means
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Platforms must implement age-verification measures designed to reliably determine age while minimizing personal data collection and avoiding retention of government-issued IDs beyond verification needs
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Existing accounts identified as belonging to minors must be suspended until verified parental consent is obtained within a reasonable time
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Parents or legal guardians may revoke consent at any time and request deletion of the minor's account
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Knowing violations constitute deceptive acts under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (K.S.A. 50-623), with enforcement authority held exclusively by the attorney general
Legislative Description
Prohibiting social medial platforms from allowing children under 16 years of age to create, maintain or access an account unless the platform has obtained verified parental consent.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Legislative Modernization
2/3/2026