# Kansas SB 23: Requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days and authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration. Kansas SB 23, Requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days and authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB23-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 23 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days and authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on insurance, senate committee on financial institutions and insurance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (620 yes, 32 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Shorter response deadlines for insurance professionals: cost, low. Kansas insurance agents and public adjusters must answer covered inquiries from the insurance commissioner within 14 calendar days. This deadline covers inquiries about complaints under Kansas insurance law or a particular matter. Missing the deadline is grounds for license discipline. Other inquir… - Out-of-state agents face new licensing rules: mixed, low. Kansas can revoke an out-of-state agent's license 30 days after receiving notice that the agent lost their home-state license. No advance notice or hearing is required. The commissioner must notify the agent within 30 days after revocation. For these revocations, the commissioner can waive the two-… - Some outside insurers get entry exemptions: mixed, low. Some insurers based outside Kansas are exempt from certain entry requirements, including an examination-report requirement. Eligible companies include subsidiaries or affiliates with substantially the same management as an insurer already admitted to Kansas. Companies continuing after a merger or c… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 107 Nay: 16 | pass | 107 | 16 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 107 | 16 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-17: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor appointed as conferees (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-13: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 107, Nay 16, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-03-03: Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-02-20: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-20: Referred to House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb23_02_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_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 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/sb23_02_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_23/sb23_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 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-SB23-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).