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Kansas
SB 394, age verification for websites harmful to minors
K.S.A. 50-6,146 (L. 2024, ch. 28, sec. 1)
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In force since 1 July 2024.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Commercial websites where material harmful to minors appears on 25 percent or more of the webpages viewed in a calendar month must verify that Kansas visitors are 18 or older before granting access.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalties
Civil penalties of $500 to $10,000 per violation; private civil actions carry statutory damages of not less than $50,000 plus attorney fees and costs.
Penalty structure
Attorney General civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $10,000 for each violation, in lieu of the penalty otherwise provided by K.S.A. 50-636(a); each instance a website is accessed in violation is a separate violation.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Minimum
- 500
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
Statutory damages
A parent or legal guardian of a minor who accessed a noncompliant website may bring a private action seeking actual damages, statutory damages of not less than $50,000, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per person minimum
- 50,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Kansas Attorney General and private civil action.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Websites where harmful to minors material appears on 25 percent or more of webpages viewed monthly.
Obligation class
Age verification, Retention
Verification methods
Third party service
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
official codified statute text on the Kansas Revisor of Statutes site
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