# Kansas HCR 5013: Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.

Kansas HCR 5013, Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Barb Wasinger (Republican), Bill Sutton (Republican), Chuck Smith (Republican) and 12 others; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HCR 5013
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-12
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsors: Barb Wasinger (Republican), Bill Sutton (Republican), Chuck Smith (Republican), Cindy Neighbor (Democratic), Gary White (Republican), Jim Minnix (Republican), Jo Ella Hoye (Democratic), John Resman, Marty Long (Republican), Nick Hoheisel (Republican), Ron Bryce (Republican), Shannon Francis (Republican), Steven K. Howe (Republican), Susan Humphries (Republican), Will Carpenter (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on insurance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (116 yes, 2 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: Barb Wasinger (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bill Sutton (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Smith (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Cindy Neighbor (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Gary White (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jim Minnix (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jo Ella Hoye (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: John Resman
- Sponsor: Marty Long (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Nick Hoheisel (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ron Bryce (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shannon Francis (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Steven K. Howe (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Susan Humphries (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Will Carpenter (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Adopted | pass | 116 | 2 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Hearing: Monday, January 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Adopted; Yea 116, Nay 2, Absent 7 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending resolution be adopted by House Committee on Insurance (House)
- 2025-03-12: Introduced (House)
- 2025-03-12: 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/hcr_5013/hcr5013_00_0000.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hcr_5013/hcr5013_00_0000.pdf)

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- [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-HCR5013-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).