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Bill AN ACT relating to products that offer benefits in connection with personal property. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; establish the purpose of the requirements; define terms; provide that vehicle financial protection products issued before, on, or after the effective date of the Act shall not be considered insurance; establish exemptions from the regulatory requirements; provide that amounts charged or financed for vehicle financial protection products are authorized charges to be stated separately and shall not be considered a finance charge or interest; prohibit conditioning the extension of credit, terms of a loan, or terms of a related vehicle sale or lease from being conditioned on the consumer's payment for a vehicle financial protection product; establish requirements for debt waivers; establish requirements for vehicle value protection agreements; amend KRS 190.100 and create a new section of Subtitle 4 of KRS Chapter 286 to require retail installment contracts and consumer loan companies to comply with the regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; amend KRS 304.1-120 to conform; direct that the Act applies to vehicle financial protection products that become effective on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2026RS SB 158 Kentucky SB 158 (2026RS)
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Attorney General
Boats And Boating
Consumer Protection
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Kentucky SB 158 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to products that offer benefits in connection with personal property.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; establish the purpose of the requirements; define terms; provide that vehicle financial protection products issued before, on, or after the effective date of the Act shall not be considered insurance; establish exemptions from the regulatory requirements; provide that amounts charged or financed for vehicle financial protection products are authorized charges to be stated separately and shall not be considered a finance charge or interest; prohibit conditioning the extension of credit, terms of a loan, or terms of a related vehicle sale or lease from being conditioned on the consumer's payment for a vehicle financial protection product; establish requirements for debt waivers; establish requirements for vehicle value protection agreements; amend KRS 190.100 and create a new section of Subtitle 4 of KRS Chapter 286 to require retail installment contracts and consumer loan companies to comply with the regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; amend KRS 304.1-120 to conform; direct that the Act applies to vehicle financial protection products that become effective on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 16 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 158 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • PASS SB 158 — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Pass — 920 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • J. Howell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
  • 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 passage
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 16) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b35bb4c7-5a5e-4d6a-b2ed-4942f8da1d18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).