Find Bill
Find Your Legislator
Legislative Deadlines
March 29, 2024
RSS Feed Permanent URL -A +A

Minutes for HB2136 - Committee on Insurance and Pensions

Short Title

Updating certain statutes relating to the regulation of the business of insurance; granting the commissioner of insurance certain investigative powers.

Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 1, 2021

The Chairperson opened the hearing on HB2136 and asked Eileen Ma, Assistant Revisor, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, to provide an overview of the bill. (Attachment 6)

The Chairperson asked Melissa Renick, Assistant Director for Research, Kansas Legislative Research Department, to provide an overview of the fiscal note.

Lee Modesitt, Director of Government Affairs and Communication with the Kansas Insurance Department, testified in support of the bill.   He explained that HB2136 seeks to improve efficiencies at the Kansas Insurance Department, eliminate unnecessary government regulation and address statutory inconsistencies.  Mr. Modesitt responded to Committee questions. (Attachment 7)

After asking if there were any other conferees and seeing none, Chairperson Johnson closed the hearing on HB2136.

Meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.