republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-265.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to regulatory authorizations by the commissioner of insurance.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 299 to establish procedures and authorization by the commissioner of insurance for the voluntary dissolution of certain companies transacting the business of insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan; amend KRS 304.50-010 to prohibit the commissioner from authorizing additional workers' compensation self-insured groups on and after the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 342.350 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 265	Kentucky HB 265 (2026RS)	bill	Cooperatives Insurance Licensing Local Mandate State Agencies Workers Compensation	enacted	D. Grossberg E. Hancock M. Meredith	3	24	3	2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e80b5909-fa13-4b31-b820-2b91c659f351	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb265.html	41bbe806b8a6970ecd9c53bc6f0ffaaa058ce2fde884d3d598df74683419602a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 265 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to regulatory authorizations by the commissioner of insurance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 299 to establish procedures and authorization by the commissioner of insurance for the voluntary dissolution of certain companies transacting the business of insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan; amend KRS 304.50-010 to prohibit the commissioner from authorizing additional workers' compensation self-insured groups on and after the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 342.350 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 84 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 265 w/ SCS 1 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• E. Hancock — primary (person)
• M. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 94-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e80b5909-fa13-4b31-b820-2b91c659f351. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).