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HB2334Introduced in the House

Enacting the Kansas protected cell captive insurance company act, providing for the redomestication of a foreign or alien captive insurance company and updating certain terms, requirements and conditions of the captive insurance act, reducing insurance company premium tax rates, creating parity between the insurance agent and public adjuster licensing requirements, authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register not later than December 1 of the current year.

Passed

Introduced by Insurance

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Enacting the Kansas protected cell captive insurance company act, providing for the redomestication of a foreign or alien captive insurance company and updating certain terms, requirements and conditions of the captive insurance act, reducing insurance company premium tax rates, creating parity between the insurance agent and public adjuster licensing requirements, authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register not later than December 1 of the current year.

Where it stands

House Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025

April 10, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 123 Nay: 1 · March 27, 2025

123

Yes

1

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Carrie Barth5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6Yes
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10Yes

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. House Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED

  4. House Hearing: Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N

  5. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance

  6. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  7. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  8. House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 113 Nay: 10

  9. Senate Received and Introduced

  10. Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  11. House Engrossed on Thursday, February 20, 2025

  12. Senate Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9:30 AM Room 546-S

  13. Senate Hearing continuation: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:30 AM Room 546-S

  14. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  15. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  16. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco

  17. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted

  18. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

  19. Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

  20. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Sutton , Representative Bergkamp and Representative Neighbor as conferees

  21. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees

  22. Senate Conference committee report now available

  23. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

  24. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 1

  25. House Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

  26. House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025

  27. House Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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