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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas SB 405 bans training AI to encourage suicide, simulate humans, or provide emotional support
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 405 prohibits individuals and businesses from knowingly training artificial intelligence systems to encourage suicide, unlawful killing, isolation, or to simulate human companionship and healthcare professionals. The measure authorizes the state attorney general and aggrieved individuals to file civil lawsuits seeking actual damages, $150,000 in , punitive damages, and injunctive relief.
The measure establishes statutory liability and civil penalties for developers who train conversational AI models to form emotional attachments with users or provide unauthorized medical or mental health guidance.
- SB 405 was introduced in the Kansas Senate during the 2025-2026 legislative session and ultimately died in committee. context
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.
Artificial intelligence developers
Developers face civil liability, statutory damages, and injunctions if they train artificial intelligence models to engage in prohibited interpersonal or healthcare simulation behaviors.
Individuals aggrieved by prohibited artificial intelligence interactions
Aggrieved individuals, or their legal representatives, gain the right to file civil lawsuits to recover damages, attorney fees, and seek court orders halting unlawful AI operations.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Feb 9, 2026SenateHearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S
- Jan 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 28, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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