# Kansas HB 2245: Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children. Kansas HB 2245, Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Insurance; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2245-2025-2026 - 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 2245 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee - Sponsor: Committee on Insurance - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on insurance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (168 yes, 78 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: 84 Nay: 39 | pass | 84 | 39 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 84 | 39 | | ## Actions (12) - 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-02-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-02-10: Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-02-04: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-04: 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_2245/hb2245_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2245/hb2245_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 House Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2245/hb2245_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2245/hb2245_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) - [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-HB2245-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).