---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to nonprofit health service corporations. Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determination of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan."
description: "AN ACT relating to nonprofit health service corporations. Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determination of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Kentucky SB 135 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9a8847-b47c-420c-b332-9694a593de37"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB135.htm"
source_hash: "65408936a117b2055964484d2ad71b13f5fff843e41372a7ed031bcb8bef9191"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 135 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to nonprofit health service corporations. Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determination of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB135/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Taken from Banking & Insurance (S)
- **2017-02-21** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Returned to Banking & Insurance (S)
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in House
- **2017-03-06** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 127) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9a8847-b47c-420c-b332-9694a593de37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).