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type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks."
description: "Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2050"
citation: "Kansas HB 2050 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2087", "HB 2333", "SB 20"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76962df9-ded4-408b-bfe5-dcf63ce05bad"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2050/"
source_hash: "e70404179b7f11247024cc4fe1a87e68be2292fb1b1a224652d3c47712153468"
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 HB 2050 (2025-2026) — Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb2050_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2050/hb2050_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Reengrossed on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 120, Nay 5
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor
- **2025-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 0, Absent 11 `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Engrossed on Friday, February 7, 2025
- **2025-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to House Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76962df9-ded4-408b-bfe5-dcf63ce05bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).