Bill Commons

KS HB 2245

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Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KS HB 2245 pass?

No. KS HB 2245 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): Died in Senate Committee

What is KS HB 2245 about?

KS HB 2245 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.”.

Who sponsors KS HB 2245?

Committee on Insurance is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2245.

Introduced
2025-02-04
Latest action
2026-04-10 — Died in Senate Committee
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Insuranceprimary

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-10

    Died in Senate Committee

    failure

  2. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-26

    Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025

  4. 2025-02-25

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  5. 2025-02-20

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  6. 2025-02-20

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  7. 2025-02-20

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  8. 2025-02-20

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2

    passage

  9. 2025-02-18

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-02-04

    Introduced

    introduction

  11. 2025-02-04

    Referred to House Committee on Insurance

    referral-committee

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2245/

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