HB2046 • 2026

Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action: 2026-04-10
Official status: Died on Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.

What This Bill Does

Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.

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Bill History

2026-04-10 House
Died on Calendar
2026-03-27 Senate
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 Committee
2026-03-27 House
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 Committee
2025-03-20 Senate
Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich , Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
2025-03-20 House
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton , Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor
2025-03-19 Senate
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
2025-03-18 Senate
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2025-03-18 Senate
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2025-03-11 Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
2025-02-27 Senate
Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S event

Official Summary Text

Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.

Current Bill Text

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As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2046
By Committee on Insurance
Requested by Travis Grauerholz, American Council of Life Insurers
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AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to travel insurance; authorizing
insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and
health line of insurance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,239 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,239 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 40-2,239. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 40
of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, travel
insurance shall be classified and filed for purposes of rates and forms
under an inland marine line of insurance . Travel insurance that provides
coverage for sickness, accident, disability or death occurring during
travel either exclusively, or in conjunction with related coverages of
emergency evacuation or repatriation of remains, may be classified and
filed under either an accident and health or an inland marine line of
insurance.
(b) Travel insurance may be in the form of an individual, group or
blanket policy.
(c) Eligibility and underwriting standards for travel insurance may be
developed and provided based on travel protection plans designed for
individual or identified marketing or distribution channels, provided if
those standards also meet underwriting standards of the state for inland
marine insurance.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,239 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book Kansas register.
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