Committee advances bill letting certain non‑admitted insurers sell auto liability to dealers, waiving $200 fee

House Bill 2,087 was advanced favorably by the Kansas Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance on a voice vote after the committee accepted a technical amendment changing an effective date.

Eileen (legislative reviser) told the committee House Bill 2,087 “authorizes certain non admitted insurers to transact motor vehicle liability insurance with motor vehicle dealers” and requires “the commissioner of insurance to maintain that list of eligible non admitted insurers and would waive that $200 fee required once the insurers submit their annual statement for review and to be included on that list.”

The committee first voted to accept a technical amendment that changed a date in the bill; Senator Gossage moved the amendment and Senator Clouse seconded. The amendment passed on a voice vote. Senator Gossage then moved that the committee pass House Bill 2,087 as amended favorably; Senator Arderbright seconded. The committee approved the bill as amended by voice vote. The minutes record the action as a voice vote; no roll‑call tally was taken during the hearing.

The bill changes how certain non‑admitted insurers may sell motor vehicle liability insurance to motor vehicle dealers and places the responsibility for maintaining the state list of eligible non‑admitted insurers with the insurance commissioner, while waiving the $200 fee tied to being listed upon submission of the insurers’ annual statement. The committee did not discuss additional amendments to the bill’s substantive provisions during the hearing.

Committee leadership closed consideration of House Bill 2,087 and moved on to other items on the agenda; a separate hearing on captive insurance statutes remained open for additional testimony.

Votes at a glance: House Bill 2,087 — amendment to change date accepted (moved Senator Gossage; second Senator Clouse; outcome: amendment passed, voice vote). Motion to pass as amended (moved Senator Gossage; second Senator Arderbright; outcome: passed, voice vote).

The committee record shows the reviser’s summary and the two voice votes; the committee did not provide a roll‑call tally or record individual yes/no votes in the transcript excerpt provided.

Less urgent details: Committee members were reminded of upcoming hearings on other bills, including a public employees' retirement proposal and a PMIB modernization bill, scheduled for the next day.