AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · House Jan 29, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99)
lower
Mar 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 36-0
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
to Banking & Insurance (S)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-1
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
to Banking & Insurance (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
15 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beverly Chester-Burton
DDemocratic
P
Chad Aull
DDemocratic
P
Cherlynn Stevenson
DDemocratic
P
Killian Timoney
RRepublican
P
Kim Moser
RRepublican
P
Lindsey Burke
DDemocratic
P
Mike Clines
RRepublican
P
Nima Kulkarni
DDemocratic
P
Rachel Roarx
DDemocratic
P
Rachel Roberts
DDemocratic
P
Ruth Ann Palumbo
DDemocratic
P
Samara Heavrin
RRepublican
P
Sarah Stalker
DDemocratic
P
Stephanie Dietz
RRepublican
P
Susan Witten
RRepublican
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