Tech companies vie for influence over Kansas app store age verification legislation

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 996

Last Updated: 5 days, 13 hours ago

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TOPEKA — A brigade of tech sector lobbyists flooded a Kansas committee with information and advocacy before legislators weighed a bill that would require age verification in app stores.

Apple and Google “heavily lobbied” committee members ahead of a two-part hearing Monday and Tuesday, said Rep. Laura Williams, a Lenexa Republican.

Several other lawmakers told Kansas Reflector that lobbyists from Netflix, Roblox and Meta also approached them to offer information.

“There’s a lot of money …

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