republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-256.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the promotion of stronger homes to resist losses due to catastrophic weather events and making an appropriation therefor.	Create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program; establish purpose; create the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program fund; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and administer program; create new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to require property insurance companies to provide a premium discount or rate reduction for properties that have received a qualifying certificate of compliance under certain circumstances; permit the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for coverage; require property insurance companies to offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision to upgrade non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings under certain circumstances; provide that Sections 2 and 3 of Act apply to insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after March 1, 2026; provide when submissions are required for premium discounts or rate reductions and the optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision under Sections 2 and 3 of this Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Act; APPROPRIATION.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 256	Kentucky HB 256 (2024RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Appropriations Fiscal Note Housing Building and Construction Insurance Real Estate Safety Short Titles and Popular Names State Agencies	enacted	M. Pollock	3	23	2	2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bb8d2424-0222-441b-bd04-ca30175dd40e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb256.html	dc0f354f6df874f30074b7853b4aa680f52936cb80d862ab6dbf830a8ded2ce6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 256 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the promotion of stronger homes to resist losses due to catastrophic weather events and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program; establish purpose; create the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program fund; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and administer program; create new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to require property insurance companies to provide a premium discount or rate reduction for properties that have received a qualifying certificate of compliance under certain circumstances; permit the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for coverage; require property insurance companies to offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision to upgrade non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings under certain circumstances; provide that Sections 2 and 3 of Act apply to insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after March 1, 2026; provide when submissions are required for premium discounts or rate reductions and the optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision under Sections 2 and 3 of this Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Act; APPROPRIATION.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 102 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 256 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• M. Pollock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (2) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 102) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb8d2424-0222-441b-bd04-ca30175dd40e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).