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Committee approves bill to rename insurance agency, reorganize securities office
Summary
The Committee on Insurance voted to pass House Bill 23‑33, which renames the state insurance agency and moves the Office of the Securities Commissioner into a securities division under the renamed department while removing the current Senate-confirmation requirement for that post.
The Committee on Insurance voted to pass House Bill 23‑33 on a voice vote after a brief discussion. The bill would rename the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas Department of Insurance and reorganize the Office of the Securities Commissioner as the Department of Insurance Securities Division. It would also change the title of the Securities Commissioner to Department of Insurance Assistant Commissioner, Securities Division, and remove the current requirement that the securities commissioner nomination be confirmed by the Kansas Senate.
The bill summary was presented by Eileen, who told the committee: "House Bill 23 33 is affectionately known as the name change bill. This is the bill that would rename the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas Department of Insurance. The Office of the Securities Commissioner of Kansas would be the Department of Insurance Securities Division." That presentation also noted the re-titling of the securities post and the elimination of the Senate-confirmation requirement.
Committee members offered only light remarks and jokes about letterhead and implementation timing; no technical amendments were offered. Representative Deibert moved to pass the bill favorably; Representative Penn seconded the motion. The committee approved the bill by voice vote. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally.
The change is statutory and would require amendment of existing Kansas statutes that currently reference the Office of the Securities Commissioner and the Department of Insurance. The committee did not provide an implementation timeline in the discussion recorded in the transcript.
The committee adjourned after finishing three bills on the agenda; no next-step directions or report-back deadlines for HB 23‑33 were stated in the recorded proceedings.
