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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Last action · April 10, 2026
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 84)

Introduced January 8, 2026

House
Signed By Governor
2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to regulatory authorizations by the commissioner of insurance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 299 to establish procedures and authorization by the commissioner of insurance for the voluntary dissolution of certain companies transacting the business of insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan; amend KRS 304.50-010 to prohibit the commissioner from authorizing additional workers' compensation self-insured groups on and after the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 342.350 to conform.

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill sets up a formal process for certain cooperative or assessment-based insurance companies to voluntarily dissolve, requiring approval from the state's insurance commissioner. It also stops the insurance commissioner from approving any new workers' compensation self-insured groups going forward. Who it may affect: businesses and organizations that operate or participate in cooperative insurance plans or workers' compensation self-insured groups.

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Legislative History

Apr 10, 2026 · House
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 84)
Mar 31, 2026 · House
Delivered To Governor (clerical)
Mar 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate
Mar 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled, Signed By Speaker Of The House
Mar 31, 2026 · House
Passed 94-0
Yea: 94
Nay: 0
Absent: 6
Mar 31, 2026 · House
House Concurred In Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 27, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 20, 2026 · House
To Rules (H)
Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 37-0 With Committee Substitute (1)
Yea: 37
Nay: 0
Absent: 1
Jan 20, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 95-0
Yea: 95
Nay: 0
Absent: 5

Primary Sponsor

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Michael Meredith

Representative · House District 019

Primary sponsor
Michael.Meredith@kylegislature.gov

Co-sponsors (2)

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Erika Hancock

Representative · House District 057

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erika.hancock@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Daniel Grossberg

Daniel Grossberg

Representative · House District 030

Co-sponsor
daniel.grossberg@kylegislature.gov

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