# Kansas HB 2046: Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.

Kansas HB 2046, Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Insurance; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on Calendar) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2046
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on Calendar
- Sponsor: Committee on Insurance
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on insurance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (316 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Insurance

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 0 | pass | 118 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 118 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-10: Died on Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-27: Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner, and Rep. Tom Sawyer are appointed to replace Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp, and Rep. Cindy Neighbor on the Conference Committee (House)
- 2026-03-27: Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck, and Sen. Ethan Corson are appointed to replace Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg, and Sen. Marci Francisco on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2025-02-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Insurance (House)
- 2025-01-29: Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2025-01-21: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to House Committee on Insurance (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2046/hb2046_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2046/hb2046_00_0000.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2046/hb2046_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2046/hb2046_00_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2046-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).
