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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Kentucky HB 179 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c0132d-1368-4ce6-9918-ffc623be3f70"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb179.html"
source_hash: "5e6c91fbe893570fed5046c86fb839efee7b1304d45cdd3b98f66b53a0f19998"
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-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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb179/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0099.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb179/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39c0132d-1368-4ce6-9918-ffc623be3f70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).