Advisory committee members reviewed several AI policy resources and discussed how artificial intelligence could affect board operations and regulation.

Executive Director David Fye listed materials provided to the committee, including a governor’s office policy on generative AI, professional association guidance, and other AI policy resources. He said the Information Network of Kansas (INCK) has discussed conceptual uses of AI for agencies, for example building a website chatbot that could surface board rules and help users find information. Fye cautioned that any chatbot would be evaluated to avoid replacing staff functions he described as a valued customer-service resource.

Fye also told the committee he had read news reports about federal appropriations language that would, if enacted as written, broadly limit states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence for the next ten years. He said the provision was still working its way through Congress and the board would monitor developments because any federal action could affect state regulatory options.

Separately, the committee reviewed a proposal to offer voluntary “Jurisprudence Live” webinars instead of instituting a paid jurisprudence exam. Fye said the board’s goal is to improve licensees’ knowledge of Kansas-specific rules without adding fees. “If they attend the hour and participate, they would get a free hour of continuing education from the board,” he said. The webinars would be offered quarterly; staff have begun drafting questions and plan to recruit a small volunteer group from advisory committees to pilot question wording and delivery.

Several committee members supported the webinar approach as a way to educate licensees and reduce complaints, and two members volunteered to help develop the materials.