---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to electronic delivery of health plan communications."
description: "Create a new section of Subtitle 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize insurers to provide electronic communications to persons covered under an employer-sponsored group health insurance policy, plan, or contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Kentucky SB 194 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications", "Insurance", "Health", "Labor and Industry", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb5626b-bdea-4729-ba6a-328a6de44355"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb194.html"
source_hash: "638957c999f9cd0d637ea30f17a1ee6e1baf188e2398a6ef3bc5b1a635dacf86"
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 194 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to electronic delivery of health plan communications.

Create a new section of Subtitle 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize insurers to provide electronic communications to persons covered under an employer-sponsored group health insurance policy, plan, or contract.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb194/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0020.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb194/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 194 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbb5626b-bdea-4729-ba6a-328a6de44355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).