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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the assignment of benefits under certain property and casualty insurance contracts and defining such assignment of benefits as an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive act or practice."
description: "Prohibiting the assignment of benefits under certain property and casualty insurance contracts and defining such assignment of benefits as an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive act or practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Kansas SB 55 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Named Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/880f8252-7451-4c94-ab64-b9d20d1c67bd"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB55/"
source_hash: "60d5dadb879667014b04ad3c738e216673fd6737718ca61de572438f21368108"
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 55 (2025-2026) — Prohibiting the assignment of benefits under certain property and casualty insurance contracts and defining such assignment of benefits as an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive act or practice.
## 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/sb_55/sb55_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_55/sb55_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- **2026-03-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23** Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/880f8252-7451-4c94-ab64-b9d20d1c67bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).