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Introduced February 11, 2026

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Enacted
2026 Regular Session

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…

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 makes several changes to Kentucky's auto insurance rules, specifically around personal injury protection benefits that cover medical costs and lost wages after a car accident. It raises the weekly amount that can be reimbursed for work loss, sets new requirements for how insurers pay medical bills and how providers submit them, and gives the Attorney General new authority to investigate and prosecute insurance fraud. It also requires the state insurance commissioner to publish…

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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)
Yea: 85
Nay: 9
Absent: 6
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Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Received In Senate
Mar 27, 2026 · Senate
Passed 24-8 With Committee Substitute (1)
Yea: 24
Nay: 8
Absent: 6
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Mar 31, 2026 · House
Passed 75-14
Yea: 75
Nay: 14
Absent: 11
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Primary Sponsor

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Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

Primary sponsor
Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov

Co-sponsors (2)

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George Brown

Representative · House District 077

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George.Brown@kylegislature.gov
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Michael Meredith

Representative · House District 019

Co-sponsor
Michael.Meredith@kylegislature.gov

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