House
Enacted
2026 Regular Session

HB627

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AN ACT relating to insurance.

Amend KRS 304.39-020, relating to personal injury protection benefits, to modify requirements for certain medical expenses paid by a reparation obligor; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase the allowable weekly reimbursement for work loss and other loss; amend KRS 304.39-210 to establish requirements for a reparation obligor paying medical expenses and a person submitting and collecting medical expenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to provide the Attorney General with concurrent jurisdiction in the investigation and prosecution of offenses under KRS 304.47-020; amend KRS 304.47-020 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 47 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner to publish an annual insurance fraud report; direct that certain provisions apply to basic and added reparation benefits issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

Corrections ImpactLocal MandateConsumer ProtectionContractsHealth and Medical ServicesHealth Care ProfessionalsHospitals And Health FacilitiesInsurance, Motor VehicleMotor Vehicles

Introduced: February 11, 2026

Last action: April 14, 2026

Became Law Without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 149)
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Legislative History

Feb 11, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 11, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 17, 2026 · House
To Banking & Insurance (H)
Feb 18, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Feb 19, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 23, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, February 24 2026 (clerical)
Feb 24, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 85-9 With Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Received In Senate

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Josh Bray
Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

Primary sponsor
Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (2)

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George Brown

Representative · House District 077

Co-sponsor
George.Brown@kylegislature.gov
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Michael Meredith

Representative · House District 019

Co-sponsor
Michael.Meredith@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

February 24, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 85-9 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 85
Nay: 9
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March 27, 2026

Senate: Passed 24-8 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 24
Nay: 8
March 31, 2026

House: Passed 75-14

Yea: 75
Nay: 14