---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating certain statutory references contained in chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; specifying certain requirements of documents submitted by medicare provider organizations and health maintenance organizations to demonstrate fiscal soundness; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premium as part of a prima facie case; adding certain legal entities to the definition of person for purposes of violations of insurance law; and updating the version of risk-based capital instructions in effect."
description: "Updating certain statutory references contained in chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; specifying certain requirements of documents submitted by medicare provider organizations and health maintenance organizations to demonstrate fiscal soundness; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premium as part of a prima facie case; adding certain legal entities to the definition of person for purposes of violations of insurance law; and updating the version of risk-based capital instructions in effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Kansas SB 119 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eb6147c-6110-46b6-9e8d-f95d3fdb964c"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb119/"
source_hash: "51318ab96345ecb6966808c99c1666c42f0caaa0f063f2c7ca5a9c6e5f2679e3"
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 SB 119 (2023-2024) — Updating certain statutory references contained in chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; specifying certain requirements of documents submitted by medicare provider organizations and health maintenance organizations to demonstrate fiscal soundness; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premium as part of a prima facie case; adding certain legal entities to the definition of person for purposes of violations of insurance law; and updating the version of risk-based capital instructions in effect.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb119_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb119_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb119_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–5** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **108–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing: Monday, February 20, 2023, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Sutton, Representative Penn and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 108 Nay: 15 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eb6147c-6110-46b6-9e8d-f95d3fdb964c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).