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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.

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Kansas Senate Substitute for House Bill 2313 (Chapter 84, 2025 Session Laws of Kansas; approved by the Governor April 8, 2025) restricts foreign-controlled technology in two areas of state activity. Section 1 prohibits any electronic device owned by or issued to an employee of a state agency from being used to access an “artificial intelligence platform of concern,” and requires every network operated by a state agency to prohibit the use of such platforms by anyone accessing that network. A state agency that already uses one, or holds an account with one, must deactivate and delete the account. The prohibition does not apply where the access is for law enforcement activities or cybersecurity investigations. The act defines an artificial intelligence platform of concern as the model commonly referred to as DeepSeek, together with any model owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company or a subsidiary or successor, and any artificial intelligence model controlled, directly or indirectly, by a country of concern. Countries of concern are the People’s Republic of China including Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela; Taiwan is expressly excluded. Section 2 bars any medical or research facility in the state that receives state money from using genetic sequencers, or the operational and research software used to run them, produced in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within one, or a subsidiary such a company owns or controls. Prohibited equipment that is not permanently disabled must be removed and replaced, and facilities could request reimbursement from the state treasurer for the cost of replacement, subject to appropriations, where the request was submitted before October 1, 2025. The foreign-adversary definition adds Syria and allows the Governor, in consultation with the adjutant general, to designate further entities. Section 2 is severable. The act takes effect from and after its publication in the statute book.

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