# Kansas HB 2540: Exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain requirements of the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities act and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to establish nonforfeiture benefits for such contingent deferred annuities through rules and regulations. Kansas HB 2540, Exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain requirements of the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities act and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to establish nonforfeiture benefits for such contingent deferred annuities through rules and regulations., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Insurance; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2540-2025-2026 - 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 2540 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain requirements of the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities act and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to establish nonforfeiture benefits for such contingent deferred annuities through rules and regulations. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-26 - Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Insurance - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on insurance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (322 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas changes protections for some annuity holders: mixed, low. Kansas exempts contingent deferred annuities from the usual statutory rules for nonforfeiture benefits. The insurance commissioner can set these benefit protections through rules instead. The commissioner must judge those benefits fair to policyholders and suited to the risks insured. The benefits… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Insurance ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2026-03-13 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 122 | 0 | | ## Actions (13) - 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-17: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-13: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-17: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2026-02-09: Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2026-01-26: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-26: Referred to House Committee on Insurance (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2540/hb2540_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2540/hb2540_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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2540/hb2540_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2540/hb2540_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-HB2540-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).