---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to insurance."
description: "AN ACT relating to insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Kentucky HB 156 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foods", "Insurance", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "B. Rowland", "D. Lewis", "K. Hinkle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb100e9-5403-4980-be9a-afbe6f26ee60"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb156.html"
source_hash: "c3b1c3ba70700685f6b61d4ca63cf67d82a012057323c6a6618cec8b448e828d"
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 156 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb156/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- K. Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Banking & Insurance (H)
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 008) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb100e9-5403-4980-be9a-afbe6f26ee60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).