SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 24
As Amended by House Committee on Insurance
Brief*
SB 24, as amended, would authorize the Commissioner
of Insurance (Commissioner) to set the amount of fees and
fines for applications, licenses, license renewals, certificates
of authority, and other required filings by certain insurance
entities and public adjusters under the jurisdiction of the
Commissioner. The bill would set the fees and fines for
insurance entities and public adjusters currently established
in statute as the fee and fine ceilings for the services outlined
below.
The bill would require the Commissioner to set the fees
and fines for the next succeeding calendar year and publish
those in the Kansas Register no later than December 1 of
each calendar year.
The bill would also eliminate the annual appointment
renewal fee insurance companies pay per insurance agent
selling policies on their behalf in Kansas. The fee would be
applied for new appointments only.
The bill would be in effect upon publication in the
Kansas Register.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ Modification of Fees and Fines
The bill would set the current fee amount in statute as
the maximum amount that could be assessed for the
following fees and fines:
●Application fee for license to engage in the
business of selling stock;
●Fee for insurance companies or fraternal benefit
societies to file a summons or order of
garnishment;
●Admission and annual fees for the following entities
organized under Kansas law or under the laws of
any other state, territory, or country: capital stock
insurance companies and mutual legal reserve life
insurance companies; mutual life, accident, and
health associations; mutual fire, hail, casualty, and
multiple line insurers and reciprocal or
interinsurance exchanges; fraternal benefit
societies; mutual nonprofit hospital service
corporations; nonprofit medical service
corporations; nonprofit dental service corporations;
nonprofit optometric service corporations; and
nonprofit pharmacy service corporations;
●Notification fee for utilizing the services of
managing general agents;
●Application fee for certificate of authority for life
insurance companies;
●Application fee for license as a rating organization;
●Application fee for certificate of authority for
utilization review organizations;
●Continuation fee for license as a premium finance
company;
2- 24 ●Annual registration fee for certificate of authority to
transact life, accident, and health insurance
business in the state;
●Fees for filing an application for a certificate of
authority, filing an annual report, and for filing an
amendment to the certificate of authority for health
maintenance organizations and Medicare provider
organizations;
●Filing fee for transactions affecting control of
domestic insurers;
●Application fee for licensure as a home state third-
party administrator (TPA);
●Application fee for licensure as a nonresident TPA;
●Fee to file an annual report by a TPA;
●Application fee for licensure as a pharmacy benefit
manager (PBM) and penalty fee for failure to timely
inform the Commissioner of a material change in
the application information;
●PBM license renewal fee and penalty fee for late
license renewal;
●Notification fee for risk retention groups to do
business in the state;
●Notification fee to do business in the state as a
purchasing group;
●Annual continuation fee for certificate of
registration as a prepaid service plan;
●Fees for certificate of authority and annual renewal
for captive insurance companies;
3- 24 ●License renewal fee for dormant captive insurance
companies;
●Fees for application for certificate of authority and
annual renewal for special purpose insurance
captive insurance companies;
●Fees for application for licensure and annual
continuation as a reinsurance intermediary;
●Continuing education credit qualification fee for all
courses, programs of study, or subjects submitted
by a specific provider or provider organization and
an annual provider fee;
●Fees for application for licensure and annual
renewal to operate as a viatical settlement provider
or a viatical settlement broker; and
●Public adjuster license renewal fee.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Financial Institutions and Insurance at the request of a
representative of the Kansas Insurance Department
(Department).
[Note: The bill was modeled after 2023 HB 2090, which
was enacted to allow the Commissioner to lower licensure
fees for insurance agents and insurance agencies in Kansas.
A companion bill, HB 2050, has been introduced in the
House.]
4- 24 Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and
Insurance
In the Senate Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by a representative of the Department, who
stated that the bill grants the Commissioner flexibility to lower
more than 100 statutorily set fees and eliminates an annual
appointment renewal fee for insurance agents, saving money
for entities doing business in Kansas.
Written-only proponent testimony was provided by a
representative of the Kansas Association of Insurance
Agents.
No other testimony was provided.
House Committee on Insurance
In the House Committee hearing, no testimony was
provided.
The House Committee amended the bill to change the
effective date to be upon publication in the Kansas Register.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, the Department states
that the bill could change agency revenues, which would
depend on the rates the Commissioner sets each year. The
agency cannot estimate the changes in revenues.
Any fiscal effect associated with the bill is not reflected
in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
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