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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Regulates Virtual Currency Kiosks with Consumer Disclosures, Anti-Fraud Policies, and Transaction Limits
Last action · April 10, 2026: Conference committee report now available
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What This Bill Proposed
This legislation enacts the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act, requiring operators to provide fraud warnings, retain transaction funds for specific holding periods, cap fees, and obtain money transmission licensure. The law also mandates to screen for suspicious digital wallets and establishes refund mechanisms for fraud victims.
Virtual currency kiosk operators must comply with strict state licensing, transaction limits, and consumer disclosure rules, while users gain specific refund and fraud protection rights when conducting transactions at these physical terminals.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
virtual currency kiosk operators
Operators must secure money transmitter licenses, implement blockchain analytics, staff live toll-free customer service, and adhere to strict fee and transaction caps.
virtual currency consumers in Kansas
Consumers receive enhanced fraud disclosures, mandatory transaction receipts, specific refund rights, and transaction amount limits.
State Bank Commissioner
The commissioner is tasked with receiving kiosk location reports, reviewing license applications, and overseeing compliance.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What warnings must be displayed when using a virtual currency kiosk?
Are there limits on how much I can transact at a virtual currency kiosk?
Can I get a refund if I discover I was scammed?
What else do you want to know?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Vetoed by the governor.
Procedural history
29 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateConference committee report now available
- Apr 10, 2026SenateFloorMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Apr 10, 2026SenateFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Apr 10, 2026HouseFloorMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Apr 10, 2026HouseFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Apr 10, 2026HouseReengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026
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- Apr 10, 2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
- Apr 10, 2026HouseVetoed by Governor; Returned to on Monday, April 27, 2026
- Apr 10, 2026HouseNo motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
- Apr 9, 2026SenateSenator Haley is appointed to replace Senator Miller on the Conference Committee
- Mar 24, 2026SenateFloorMotion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg, Senator Miller, , appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed , and
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Mar 18, 2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Mar 18, 2026SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Mar 18, 2026SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 17, 2026SenateFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 26, 2026SenateHearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S
- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Feb 5, 2026HouseEngrossed on Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Feb 5, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Feb 5, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Feb 4, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Feb 4, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 3, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Jan 28, 2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 582-N
- Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Expansion of Money Transmission Scope
The act explicitly classifies virtual currency kiosk operations and three-party exchanges as money transmission, bringing decentralized financial terminals under traditional banking commissioner oversight.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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