---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain claims handling operations from certain local ordinances and restrictions during an emergency or catastrophe."
description: "Exempting certain claims handling operations from certain local ordinances and restrictions during an emergency or catastrophe."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2469"
citation: "Kansas HB 2469 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b885b8-39b8-4069-ae91-7c9a8bc72f99"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2469"
source_hash: "cadf8189bc03e7dc1b8029c7539eae5b9a825f26ecc6414ffe665e46f5f9d9c5"
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-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2469 (2017-2018) — Exempting certain claims handling operations from certain local ordinances and restrictions during an emergency or catastrophe.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2469_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2469_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2469_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: Thursday, January 18, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2018-01-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** Engrossed on Thursday, February 8, 2018
- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 22, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b885b8-39b8-4069-ae91-7c9a8bc72f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).