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Signed By Governor
2026 Regular Session

SB158

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AN ACT relating to products that offer benefits in connection with personal property.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; establish the purpose of the requirements; define terms; provide that vehicle financial protection products issued before, on, or after the effective date of the Act shall not be considered insurance; establish exemptions from the regulatory requirements; provide that amounts charged or financed for vehicle financial protection products are authorized charges to be stated separately and shall not be considered a finance charge or interest; prohibit conditioning the extension of credit, terms of a loan, or terms of a related vehicle sale or lease from being conditioned on the consumer's payment for a vehicle financial protection product; establish requirements for debt waivers; establish requirements for vehicle value protection agreements; amend KRS 190.100 and create a new section of Subtitle 4 of KRS Chapter 286 to require retail installment contracts and consumer loan companies to comply with the regulatory requirements for vehicle financial protection products; amend KRS 304.1-120 to conform; direct that the Act applies to vehicle financial protection products that become effective on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Attorney GeneralBoats and BoatingConsumer ProtectionContractsEffective Dates, DelayedInsuranceLoans, Credit, Interest, And UsuryMotor VehiclesTransportation

Introduced: February 3, 2026

Last action: April 3, 2026

Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 16)
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Legislative History

Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
To Banking & Insurance (S)
Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, February 12 2026 (clerical)
Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 37-0 (clerical)
Feb 13, 2026 · House
Received In House

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Jason Howell
Jason Howell

Senator · Senate District 01

Primary sponsor
Jason.Howell@kylegislature.gov
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Roll calls

February 12, 2026

Senate: 3rd reading, passed 37-0

Yea: 37
Nay: 0
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March 24, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

Yea: 92
Nay: 0
March 25, 2026

Senate: Passed 38-0

Yea: 38
Nay: 0