Kansas Statutes § 75-4720 Artificial intelligence platforms of concern; prohibited access by state-issued electronic devices; exceptions; definitions.
State agencies must not use state-issued or state-owned employee devices to access certain AI platforms, and their networks must block that use, with a narrow exception for law enforcement and cybersecurity investigations.
75-4720. Artificial intelligence platforms of concern; prohibited access by state-issued electronic devices; exceptions; definitions. (a) No electronic device that is owned or issued to an employee by a state agency shall be used to access an artificial intelligence platform of concern. Any network that is operated by a state agency shall prohibit the use of artificial intelligence platforms of concern by users who access the network. (b) Any state agency that utilizes an artificial intelligence platform of concern or has an account with an artificial intelligence platform of concern shall deactivate and delete such account and shall no longer use the artificial intelligence platform. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to state agencies that are using an electronic device owned or issued to an employee by a state agency to access an artificial intelligence platform of concern for the purposes of law enforcement activities or cybersecurity investigations. (d) As used in this section: (1) "Artificial intelligence platform of concern" means: (A) The artificial intelligence model commonly referred to as DeepSeek and any artificial intelligence model that is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company or a subsidiary or successor company of such company; or (B) an artificial intelligence model that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by a country of concern; (2) (A) "country of concern" means the following: (i) People's republic of China, including the Hong Kong special administrative region; (ii) republic of Cuba; (iii) islamic republic of Iran; (iv) democratic people's republic of Korea; (v) Russian federation; and (vi) Bolivarian republic of Venezuela. (B) "Country of concern" does not include the republic of China (Taiwan); and (3) "state agency" means any state office or officers, department, board, commission, institution or bureau or any agency, division or unit thereof. History: L. 2025, ch. 84, § 1; July 1.