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Kansas AI and Data-Center Policy

Kansas has 12 tracked bills on artificial intelligence and data centers: 4 enacted, 8 in committee.

Where things stand

Kansas is moving a package that would ban new large data centers in counties under recent drought emergencies, require closed-loop cooling, and confine tax-exempt data centers to industrial-zoned land. Pending AI legislation would bar systems from simulating emotional relationships or posing as healthcare professionals.

Tracked legislation

12 bills with a published summary and a link to the primary source.

SB526 — Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.
In committeeData CentersUpdated Mar 4, 2026
This bill requires data centers to be built on land already zoned for industrial or manufacturing use (or unzoned) as of July 1, 2025, in order to qualify for a sales tax…
HB2313 — Senate Substitute for HB 2313 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Prohibiting the use of the artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek and other artificial intelligence platforms controlled by a country of concern on state-owned devices and on any state network and the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
EnactedGovernmentUpdated Apr 10, 2025
This Kansas bill bans the use of DeepSeek and other AI platforms controlled by foreign adversary nations on state-owned devices and government networks. It also prohibits state…
SB51 — House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information technology officer and authorizing the office of information technology services to provide certain services to political subdivisions and hospitals.
In committeeGovernmentUpdated Feb 20, 2025
This bill updates Kansas state IT governance by clarifying the roles of the chief information security officer and chief information technology officer, and allows the state IT…
SB98 — Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements.
EnactedData CentersUpdated Apr 11, 2025
This bill gives data center companies a sales tax break on construction, equipment, and related costs if they invest at least $250 million and create new jobs in Kansas. It is…
SB531 — Prohibiting the development or operation of any new large load data center in a county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years.
In committeeData CentersUpdated Mar 9, 2026
This bill would ban the construction or operation of new large data centers in Kansas counties that have experienced a drought emergency in the past three years. It aims to…
HB2329 — Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting certain rules and regulations for such centers, modifying the treatment and services provided by such centers, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements, authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds and transferring moneys from such account of the state general fund to the department for children and families to provide juvenile stabilization services.
EnactedCriminal JusticeUpdated Apr 9, 2026
This bill renames juvenile crisis intervention centers, changes how juveniles are processed and detained, and adjusts criminal penalties for juvenile offenders. It has no…
SB400 — Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption.
In committeeData CentersUpdated Jan 27, 2026
This bill would require data centers in Kansas to use closed-loop cooling systems, which recirculate water rather than continuously drawing fresh water. The goal is to reduce the…
SB405 — Making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of another person, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, act as a healthcare professional, simulate humans or encourage isolation.
In committeeHealthcareUpdated Jan 28, 2026
This bill would make it illegal to train AI systems to encourage suicide or violence, form emotional bonds with users, pose as healthcare professionals, or simulate human…
HB2183 — 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.
EnactedDeepfakesUpdated Feb 6, 2026
This bill updates Kansas criminal law to ban the creation and distribution of AI-generated or digitally altered sexual images of children, even when no real child was directly…
HB2664 — Establishing the private energy campus and industrial host-site electric generation act to authorize the provision of energy services to private enterprises located on a private energy campus.
In committeeData CentersUpdated Feb 3, 2026
This bill creates a framework allowing private companies to develop dedicated energy campuses that generate and supply electricity directly to businesses on-site, bypassing…
HB2475 — Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by radical life inc.
In committeeGovernanceUpdated Jan 20, 2026
This bill provides a sales tax exemption for purchases made by a specific organization called Radical Life Inc. It has no substantive connection to AI regulation or data-center…
HB2366 — Expanding the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors, specifying continuing education requirements, increasing the required amount of professional liability insurance and modifying certain provisions relating to the licensure and regulations of naturopathic doctors.
In committeeHealthcareUpdated Feb 7, 2025
This bill updates the rules and requirements for naturopathic doctors in Kansas, including their scope of practice and insurance requirements. It has no connection to AI or…

Recent coverage

Recorded coverage for this jurisdiction. Each headline links to its publisher.

Sedgwick County Extends Data Center Moratorium to 2026
KWCH 12 News · Mar 4, 2026
Kansas Senate Leader Calls for Sedgwick County Data Center Moratorium
KWCH 12 News · Feb 24, 2026
Kansas SB 51 Creates Sales Tax Exemption for Data Centers
Kansas State Legislature · Feb 11, 2026
Kansas HB 2592 Creates AI and Emerging Tech Task Force
KWCH 12 News · Feb 9, 2026
Sedgwick County Kansas Passes 90-Day Data Center Moratorium
KWCH 12 News · Jan 15, 2026