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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas reduces insurance board sizes and adjusts meeting requirements
Last action · April 11, 2025: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
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What This Bill Does
Kansas reduces the governing board size of multiple state insurance plans to five members starting January 1, 2026, and alters committee meeting schedules.
Changes governance structures and composition for high-risk auto, workers compensation, and professional liability insurance boards, shifting representation proportions among insurers, agents, and the public.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Insurers
Insurers participating in state auto, workers compensation, and professional liability plans experience changes in board representation and governance rules.
Independent Insurance Agents
Licensed independent insurance agents are allocated specific seats on the newly restructured insurance governing boards.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to the size of the auto insurance plan governing board?
What is the penalty for violating assigned claims plan participation rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
33 actions- Apr 11, 2025HouseFloorMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Apr 11, 2025HouseFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Apr 11, 2025HouseEngrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025
- Apr 11, 2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
- Apr 11, 2025HouseEnrolledApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025SenateConference committee report now available
Show 27 earlier actions
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorConference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Clifford, Senator Sykes, , appointed as second conferees
- Apr 10, 2025HouseFloorConference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Turk, Representative Sawyer Clayton, , appointed as second conferees
- Apr 10, 2025SenateConference committee report now available
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Mar 27, 2025HouseRepresentative Tarwater, Representative Turk, and Representative Sawyer Clayton are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Bergkamp, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- Mar 27, 2025SenateSenator Sykes is appointed to replace Senator Holscher on the Conference Committee
- Mar 26, 2025SenateSenator Gossage, Senator Clifford, and Senator Holscher are appointed to replace Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg, and Senator Francisco on the Conference Committee
- Mar 17, 2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed , and
- Mar 17, 2025SenateFloorMotion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg, Senator Francisco, , appointed as conferees
- Mar 13, 2025SenateFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Mar 12, 2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Mar 12, 2025SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Mar 12, 2025SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 6, 2025SenateFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Mar 4, 2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S
- Feb 26, 2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S
- Feb 10, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Feb 7, 2025Houseccal_rcc_850
- Feb 7, 2025HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed
- Feb 7, 2025SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 6, 2025Houseccal_rcc_820
- Feb 5, 2025Houseccal_rcc_820
- Feb 4, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by
- Jan 29, 2025HouseHearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N
- Jan 21, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 21, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Insurance
Version history
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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