# Kansas HB 2050: Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks. Kansas HB 2050, Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Insurance; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2050-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2050 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Insurance - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on insurance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (628 yes, 10 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 16 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Backup injury benefits when insurers cannot pay: benefit, low. Qualifying injured people get backup personal injury protection benefits through the Kansas Assigned Claims Plan when insurers cannot pay. These benefits come after amounts paid or payable by the Kansas Insurance Guaranty Association. If the association misses the law's payment deadline, the assign… - Fee limits for agents and adjusters: benefit, low. Insurance agents' two-year renewal application fee is capped at $4; public adjusters' license renewal fee is capped at $100. Continuing-education qualification fees are capped at $50 per course, program, or subject, or $250 annually for all submissions by one provider. Education providers' annual f… - More insurance choices for vehicle dealers: benefit, low. Kansas vehicle dealers can use eligible nonadmitted insurers for required license coverage, alongside insurers authorized to operate in Kansas. The policy must cover public liability and property damage at the required limits. Dealers must keep continuous coverage on file, with 30 days' notice of c… - Prepaid service plans get fee limits: benefit, low. Prepaid service plans pay registration filing fees capped at $100. Annual continuation fees are capped at $50. The insurance commissioner sets the fees and publishes next-year amounts by December 1. - Purchasing groups get limits on fees: benefit, low. Insurance purchasing groups doing business in Kansas face a notification fee capped at $250. The fee accompanying service of process is capped at $25. The insurance commissioner sets the fees and publishes next-year amounts by December 1. - Captive insurers lose one coverage option: cost, low. Captive insurers can no longer apply under this authorization section to provide the insurance described in K.S.A. 40-1102(1)(a). This narrows the types of coverage they can seek approval to offer in Kansas. - Risk groups face tighter operating rules: cost, low. Risk retention groups cannot solicit or sell insurance to people ineligible for membership. They cannot operate or sell insurance while financially impaired or in a hazardous financial condition. The law also bars the specified insurer-linked structure whose members are all insurance companies. Gro… - Insurer court papers carry capped service fees: mixed, low. People or organizations serving certain court papers through the insurance commissioner can be charged a fee of up to $25. This applies to summonses or garnishment orders in actions against insurers or fraternal benefit societies. The commissioner sets the fee and publishes it in the Kansas Registe… - Specialty insurance choices come with safeguards: mixed, low. Licensed excess-lines agents can place certain fire, casualty, or reinsurance risks with eligible nonadmitted insurers when Kansas is the insured's home state. Agents must follow coverage-search, consent, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements. If coverage starts before written consent, agents… - Backup liability coverage with fund transfer limits: mixed, low. Kansas's equitable apportionment plan provides professional liability coverage and other liability coverage included in the plan. Applicants must be entitled to coverage in good faith but unable to obtain it through ordinary methods. When yearly losses and expenses exceed earned premiums, the plan… - Captive insurers get fee caps and exceptions: mixed, low. For captive insurers not in existence on January 1, 2018, application and annual renewal fees are each capped at $10,000. The law repeals older captives' special $110 annual renewal fee, previously required through January 1, 2028; other applicable fees remain. Captives with a certificate of dorman… - Insurance service firms face capped license fees: mixed, low. The commissioner sets these license fees and publishes next-year amounts by December 1. Premium finance companies pay annual continuation fees capped at $100 by April 1; late payment automatically revokes the license. Insurance administrator applications are capped at $400; reinsurance intermediari… - Insurer fees get annual schedules and limits: mixed, low. The commissioner sets covered insurer and fraternal-society fees within statutory limits, publishing next-year fees by December 1 in the Kansas Register. Caps include $100 each for managing-agent appointment notices, life-insurer authorization filings, and licenses to sell insurer or health-organiz… - Stronger specialty insurer standards, lower filing costs: mixed, low. Kansas must maintain a public list of eligible nonadmitted insurers. The general capital-or-surplus requirement rises from $4.5 million to $15 million, supported by required annual statements. An unincorporated insurer not listed by the NAIC can qualify with authorization in at least one U.S. state… - Health organizations face capped regulatory fees: mixed, low. Covered health maintenance organizations and Medicare provider organizations pay filing fees set by the insurance commissioner. Caps are $150 for an authority application, $50 for an annual report, and $10 for a certificate amendment. Utilization review organizations, unless exempt, pay certificati… - Insurers use broader estimated tax calculations: mixed, low. Covered insurers calculate estimated payments using a broader set of prior-year taxes and fees. The calculation includes applicable insurance taxes, fees and taxes under K.S.A. 40-253, and State Fire Marshal maintenance taxes. Each installment remains 50% of the expanded prior-year amount. Payments… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Insurance ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 120 Nay: 5 | pass | 120 | 5 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 114 Nay: 0 | pass | 114 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 120 | 5 | | | 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 114 | 0 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-08: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 120, Nay 5 (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor (House) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Hearing: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Engrossed on Friday, February 7, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-07: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 0, Absent 11 (House) - 2025-02-07: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-06: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-01-27: Hearing: Monday, January 27, 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 House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2050-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).