republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-179.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance; make technical corrections; create new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define "disability income insurance" and "paid family leave insurance" and specify how each is to be classified and filed; amend KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establish Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and create new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance; establish paid family leave insurance requirements, authorized scope of benefits, disclosure requirements, and authorized limitations; authorize the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304; create short title; amend KRS 304.17A-005, 304.18-010, and 304.36-030 to conform; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 179	Kentucky HB 179 (2024RS)	bill	Children and Minors Effective Dates Emergency Emergency Medical Services Firefighters and Fire Departments Insurance Military Affairs and Civil Defense Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Personnel and Employment Short Titles and Popular Names Workforce	enacted	B. Chester-Burton C. Aull C. Stevenson K. Moser K. Timoney L. Burke M. Clines N. Kulkarni R. Palumbo R. Roarx R. Roberts S. Dietz S. Heavrin S. Stalker S. Witten	3	23	2	2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/39c0132d-1368-4ce6-9918-ffc623be3f70	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb179.html	5e6c91fbe893570fed5046c86fb839efee7b1304d45cdd3b98f66b53a0f19998	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 179 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance; make technical corrections; create new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define "disability income insurance" and "paid family leave insurance" and specify how each is to be classified and filed; amend KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establish Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and create new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance; establish paid family leave insurance requirements, authorized scope of benefits, disclosure requirements, and authorized limitations; authorize the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304; create short title; amend KRS 304.17A-005, 304.18-010, and 304.36-030 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 99 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 179 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Stevenson — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• L. Burke — primary (person)
• M. Clines — primary (person)
• N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• R. Roberts — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)
• S. Stalker — primary (person)
• S. Witten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 22, 2024
• 2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39c0132d-1368-4ce6-9918-ffc623be3f70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).