republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-78.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 78 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Updating the national insurance commissioners credit for insurance reinsurance model law, codifying the national insurance commissioners credit for reinsurance model regulation and updating certain terms and definitions relating to the insurance holding company act, service contracts and surplus lines insurance. Eliminating certain requirements relating to the annual submittal of certain documents by out-of-state risk retention groups, extending the time frame to submit certain documents by professional employer organizations, abolishing the utilization review advisory committee and replacing it with URAC."
description: "House Substitute for SB 78 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Updating the national insurance commissioners credit for insurance reinsurance model law, codifying the national insurance commissioners credit for reinsurance model regulation and updating certain terms and definitions relating to the insurance holding company act, service contracts and surplus lines insurance. Eliminating certain requirements relating to the annual submittal of certain documents by out-of-state risk retention groups, extending the time frame to submit certain documents by professional employer organizations, abolishing the utilization review advisory committee and replacing it with URAC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Kansas SB 78 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6488aa-3a19-48e4-8313-3c5bdedb437b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb78"
source_hash: "d9869169c8d2593251d6a68a06a3b830f8b0cd31853caf3d058caa7dcaabc9d2"
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 78 (2021-2022) — House Substitute for SB 78 by Committee on Insurance and Pensions - Updating the national insurance commissioners credit for insurance reinsurance model law, codifying the national insurance commissioners credit for reinsurance model regulation and updating certain terms and definitions relating to the insurance holding company act, service contracts and surplus lines insurance. Eliminating certain requirements relating to the annual submittal of certain documents by out-of-state risk retention groups, extending the time frame to submit certain documents by professional employer organizations, abolishing the utilization review advisory committee and replacing it with URAC.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb78_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb78_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb78_enrolled.pdf)
4. **Version 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb78_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **113–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)
- Committee on Insurance and Pensions — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Insurance and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Insurance and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-30** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-30** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-06** Motion to accede adopted; Representative S. Johnson, Representative Croft and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2021-05-07** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-05-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 113 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 33 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 14, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6488aa-3a19-48e4-8313-3c5bdedb437b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).