---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to surplus lines. Amend KRS 304.10-030 to include certain types of disability insurance in the definition of \"nonadmitted insurance\"; amend KRS 304.10-040 to allow licensed agents with lines of authority in health and life to export disability insurance; amend KRS 304.120 to a broker procuring surplus lines disability coverage maintain his or her agent license with lines of authority for health and life; amend KRS 304.10-180 to remove reference to Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission; repeal KRS 304.10-400."
description: "AN ACT relating to surplus lines. Amend KRS 304.10-030 to include certain types of disability insurance in the definition of \"nonadmitted insurance\"; amend KRS 304.10-040 to allow licensed agents with lines of authority in health and life to export disability insurance; amend KRS 304.120 to a broker procuring surplus lines disability coverage maintain his or her agent license with lines of authority for health and life; amend KRS 304.10-180 to remove reference to Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission; repeal KRS 304.10-400."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "Kentucky HB 345 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a13d1262-1385-4242-ba75-9403d70bd382"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB345.htm"
source_hash: "d66265c930fd53e97635a3d8dec26cf2d0a9d30f314159f8bb1dbdd0fc1cc5eb"
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 HB 345 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to surplus lines. Amend KRS 304.10-030 to include certain types of disability insurance in the definition of "nonadmitted insurance"; amend KRS 304.10-040 to allow licensed agents with lines of authority in health and life to export disability insurance; amend KRS 304.120 to a broker procuring surplus lines disability coverage maintain his or her agent license with lines of authority for health and life; amend KRS 304.10-180 to remove reference to Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission; repeal KRS 304.10-400.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 345 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB345/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB345/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB345/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB345/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 83-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-27** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2018-04-14** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2018-04-14** To Senate Floor `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-14** Placed in the Consent Orders of the Day for Saturday, April 14, 2018
- **2018-04-14** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-14** Received in House
- **2018-04-14** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-14** Taken from Rules
- **2018-04-14** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-04-14** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-04-14** Passed 83-2
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 180) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a13d1262-1385-4242-ba75-9403d70bd382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).