---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Insurance. Amend KRS 12.020, 304.2-020, and 304.2-063 to delete the Property and Casualty Division and the Health and Life Division of the Department of Insurance; establish the Division of Insurance Product Regulation and the Division of Administrative Services; rename the Consumer Protection Division the Division of Consumer Protection; authorize the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to apply for a state innovation waiver under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and implement any state plan proposed under an approved waiver."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Insurance. Amend KRS 12.020, 304.2-020, and 304.2-063 to delete the Property and Casualty Division and the Health and Life Division of the Department of Insurance; establish the Division of Insurance Product Regulation and the Division of Administrative Services; rename the Consumer Protection Division the Division of Consumer Protection; authorize the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to apply for a state innovation waiver under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and implement any state plan proposed under an approved waiver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Kentucky HB 242 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2943a64-fecb-4159-880f-0884cf498fe6"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB242.htm"
source_hash: "1c884ff8a4ec489ed5eb3503f2eae43808c6d3607fb4fa7626a86c91ddba3dc5"
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 242 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Insurance. Amend KRS 12.020, 304.2-020, and 304.2-063 to delete the Property and Casualty Division and the Health and Life Division of the Department of Insurance; establish the Division of Insurance Product Regulation and the Division of Administrative Services; rename the Consumer Protection Division the Division of Consumer Protection; authorize the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to apply for a state innovation waiver under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and implement any state plan proposed under an approved waiver.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 242 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB242/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB242/bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB242/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-10** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2017
- **2017-02-16** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading, passed 64-33 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-21** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in House
- **2017-03-06** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-14** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-14** Passed 64-28
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 094) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2943a64-fecb-4159-880f-0884cf498fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).