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The bill sponsor’s advisor, identified in the hearing as Eileen, told the committee the bill “would establish a, web based online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance.” The committee approved a technical amendment to correct the act’s name in the text; Senator Francisco moved the amendment and Senator Gossage seconded. The amendment passed by voice vote.

Why it matters: supporters said the system is intended as a verification tool for law enforcement and state agencies to check whether a policy is valid at the time of a stop or registration. Committee members pressed staff and the reviser on how the bill handles insurer system outages, what the verification system does versus insurer-provided web services, and whether motorists still must carry proof of insurance.

Key details from committee discussion:
- The bill creates a new act titled the Kansas Real Time Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification Act and adds sections establishing an insurance verification system and related duties for insurers and the commissioner.
- The bill requires insurers to establish web services that respond to verification requests in compliance with specifications set by the commissioner; the committee clarified there are two elements: (1) insurers’ systems that respond to web-service requests, and (2) the insurance verification system that law enforcement and agencies would query.
- The committee discussed planned and unplanned downtime. New section 6 permits insurers “reasonable downtime for maintenance,” and the bill allows immunity from civil and administrative penalties where insurers make good-faith efforts to comply or where outages are beyond insurer control as determined by the Kansas Department of Revenue. Committee members said that could create situations in which law enforcement cannot verify coverage during an outage and that motorists may need a paper or electronic backup.
- The bill leaves in place statutory requirements that motorists furnish proof of insurance at stops and registration; committee members confirmed motorists must still have proof (paper or a photo/image on a portable device) even after the verification system is implemented. The text on electronic images says an officer may view only the displayed image and not other contents of the device.

Formal action: Senator Fagg moved the committee to pass SB 42 as amended; Senator Rose seconded. The committee passed the bill by voice vote and will send it to general orders.

What’s next: With committee approval, the bill is expected to move to the Senate floor and to general orders for further consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance 02/17/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance on Feb. 17 voted to pass Senate Bill 42 as amended, a bill to create a Kansas Real Time Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification Act and an online system to verify motor vehicle liability insurance.","taxTitle","Financial Institutions and Insurance, Standing, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",20418,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6327133,"Committee clears technical banking code updates and trust company language",126,584000,710000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323018-c904231206716388d17ba04f6e38c821&start=584&end=710","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323018-c904231206716388d17ba04f6e38c821/thumbnail_584000.jpg","/articles/6327133/Kansas/Committee-clears-technical-banking-code-updates-and-trust-company-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6327133-928b220d28357fa2356f7843a377add8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770508851&Signature=aLDiKWFXEZirlqx9SlVBwFWR02aAYABuGW~FVLhUeaTIRvIW6RiRYEI-Blb4zQqTBghiml~X60fmJB7NyVy0mNFugZ-pcWkbO2y4JrykJH9Ii6dcU2yu-yx3k-gEZ-iw2taP71yV6xdjbHtN5n4ckJ3OoJYkLn8J4WQdv10a9ree47GBYbld606WEf20OWxdP36foMvWtnUmqooy6LwiqOXCYdCF1UyAT-gzbyJtcvn3ySLb3Gy48jZQZNLT8tF6hDPSiiFdfAav26QGj9Td7hcGr6tZ~cELOUTgEE6Djb3o1KJQsvKEJuLtptizsOjsPWF8bz9Z9OFW5gZQFuUc-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Bill 139 was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance on Feb. 17 after a brief staff summary and no amendments were offered.

Eileen, committee advisor, summarized SB 139 as primarily latent corrections and technical updates to the state banking code. She said the first portion of the bill consists of corrections added for the session, and the latter portion includes changes related to trust companies that the Office of the State Bank Commissioner (OSBC) was working on.

Committee members asked for clarification and whether there were amendments; staff said none had been filed. Senator Fagg moved to report the bill favorably for passage; Senator Argebrecht seconded. The committee passed SB 139 by voice vote and directed staff to forward it to the Senate floor.

What it does: The bill updates certain definitions, terms and conditions in the state banking code and contains trust-company-related changes requested by the supervisory agency; the committee record did not include substantive debate or changes to the bill text during the Feb. 17 meeting.

Next steps: SB 139 will be moved to the Senate floor for consideration.","Senate Bill 139, a bill making corrections and updating definitions in the state banking code including provisions affecting trust companies, was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6327135,"Senate committee approves technical accreditation changes and exempts certain self-funded plans from health benefit plan regulation",582,49000,631000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323018-c904231206716388d17ba04f6e38c821&start=49&end=631","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323018-c904231206716388d17ba04f6e38c821/thumbnail_49000.jpg","/articles/6327135/Kansas/Senate-committee-approves-technical-accreditation-changes-and-exempts-certain-self-funded-plans-from-health-benefit-plan-regulation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6327135-f2a771bdaf53123803d4f947730cbfb6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770508851&Signature=Rc9KIX9KRef3iL8-JECe0p9Z8vD5doBXLljE5S-ELDYPjj8n8gv3RC5OgTYtLMisGNjHrbJE48DKnKuapWzDz7YoGL5vkR6gTWmpDrSjgHL4j~WRnnOiwfWUUyXPTmSQuPcVoBlle~vBrckAX8ZJLXzR5JneUs-C3ymGfClW4Xcslqreeo9hoXwCx~IXfyoeMysoQyExVCrnWxfD-ziyc27EAjjnsCRI4vmY9V0O7qIERahN0ut99Xr4Ggh4iuc8vsrPfur5~nPmuIUI-l1ky06Pzwt-6SShy-9QuGKmNyPsitgzwDL4qK5ryL20IOsLVPLotocsum-~yprRWrf93g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance voted Feb. 17 to pass Senate Bill 121 as amended. Committee staff described SB 121 as a technical, accreditation-related bill that would adopt provisions from an NAIC model and provide language to exempt certain self-funded health plans from classification as regulated \"health benefit plans.\"

Eileen, committee advisor, summarized the bill as a technical measure ‘‘that authorized the commissioner of insurance to [make] certain instructions, calculations, and documents’’ and said it would adopt group capital calculation and liquidity stress-testing provisions from an NAIC model. She noted the bill has multiple technical elements beyond accreditation.

Two amendments were adopted before the committee voted on final passage. The first amendment restored the word “material” in a line of the bill at the department’s request; Senator Francisco moved that amendment and it passed by voice vote. The second amendment inserted text into KSA 40-202 and a corresponding change at KSA 40-4602 to add explicit exemptions: the bill, as amended, exempts a self-funded health plan established or maintained for employees by the state or a subdivision of the state, a school district, any public authority, a county or city government (or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof), and a self-funded plan established or maintained for employees by a church or by a convention or association of churches that is exempt from tax under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Committee members said the second amendment addresses concerns raised by self-funded hospital entities and other public employers who testified. One member asked whether entities present at the hearing would also concur; the member said the amendment addressed those concerns.

Formal action: The committee adopted both amendments and then voted to pass SB 121 as amended favorably for passage out of committee. Senator Gossage moved final passage; Senator Fagg seconded. The committee passed the bill by voice vote.

What it does and what it does not: As amended, SB 121 leaves in place technical accreditation provisions and explicitly adds the listed exemptions for self-funded plans. The bill does not, in committee discussion, change other statutory obligations for insurers beyond the specific insertions described above.

Next steps: SB 121 was reported favorably and will go to the Senate floor for further consideration.","Senate Bill 121, described by staff as an accreditation bill adopting NAIC model provisions and adding exemptions for self-funded health plans maintained by governments and certain churches, passed the committee with two amendments and was reported favorably.","actionData","errors"]

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Senate panel advances bill to create real-time motor vehicle insurance verification system

Committee clears technical banking code updates and trust company language

Senate committee approves technical accreditation changes and exempts certain self-funded plans from health benefit plan regulation