Kansas2026Passed Legislature
HB2046
Changing How Some Travel Insurance Is Filed in Kansas
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:52 AM
In one sentence
This bill allows insurers to file travel insurance covering sickness, accidents, disability, or death under accident and health laws instead of only inland marine laws.
What it does
- Allows certain travel policies that cover sickness, accident, disability, or death during travel to be filed under the accident and health line of insurance.
- Keeps all other travel insurance classified under the inland marine line of insurance.
- Permits these specific policies to include related coverage for emergency evacuation or repatriation of remains.
- Allows travel insurance to be sold as individual, group, or blanket policies.
Who it affects
- Insurance companies selling travel insurance in Kansas
- People buying travel protection that covers sickness, accidents, disability, or death while traveling
Limits and unknowns
- Eligibility and underwriting standards for these plans must meet the state's inland marine insurance standards.
- This law takes effect only after it is published in the Kansas register statute book.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Inland marine line of insurance
- A category of insurance used to classify and file most travel insurance policies in Kansas.
- Accident and health line of insurance
- A new option for filing specific travel insurance that covers sickness, accidents, disability, or death during travel.
- Repatriation of remains
- The process of returning a deceased person's body to their home location, which can be included as related coverage.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.
Official activity
Bill history
- Died on CalendarHouse
- Sen. Caryn Tyson , Sen. Virgil Peck , and Sen. Ethan Corson are appointed to replace Sen. Brenda Dietrich , Sen. Michael Fagg , and Sen. Marci Francisco on the Conference CommitteeSenate
- Rep. Adam Smith , Rep. Carl Turner , and Rep. Tom Sawyer are appointed to replace Rep. Bill Sutton , Rep. Brian Bergkamp , and Rep. Cindy Neighbor on the Conference CommitteeHouse
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich , Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as confereesSenate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton , Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy NeighborHouse
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amendedSenate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedSenate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and InsuranceSenate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S eventSenate