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Committee advances bill renaming Kansas insurance office and removing Senate approval for securities commissioner appointment
Summary
House Bill 2,333 would rename the Kansas Insurance Department office and change confirmation rules for the securities commissioner; committee adopted an enactment-date amendment and passed the bill out favorably as amended by voice vote.
House Bill 2,333 would rename the Kansas Insurance Department office referenced in statute as the Office of the Securities Commissioner of Kansas and change the title of the securities commissioner accordingly. The bill also removes the statutory requirement for Senate approval of the securities commissioner's appointment.
Eileen (committee reviser) explained that the bill requires textual changes across multiple statutes and that staff must update those cross-references if the bill becomes law. Committee members moved and adopted an amendment that changed the bill's enactment date.
Senator Gossage moved the enactment-date amendment; Senator Rose seconded and the amendment passed by voice vote. Senator Gossage then moved that the committee pass House Bill 2,333 as amended favorably; a second was recorded (Senator Francisco) and the committee passed the bill out favorably by voice vote.
No substantive debate on policy was recorded in the hearing; the reviser noted the practical reason for advancing the bill is to allow staff to begin updating statutes and references if the bill becomes law.
