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SB 118 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to credit personal property insurance.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 23, 2026

Latest action (Mar 12, 2026) recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)

Summary

Create new sections of Subtitle 19 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish regulatory requirements relating to credit personal property insurance; define terms; establish exemptions from the regulatory requirements; establish limits on the amount and term of credit personal property insurance sold in conjunction with a closed-end credit transaction; require credit personal property insurance to cover a substantial risk of loss of, or damage to, the collateral pledged or secured in the credit transaction; prohibit an insurer from requiring bundling of other credit insurance coverages and from using gross debt in determining premiums; require a creditor to deliver, or cause to be delivered, a policy, certificate, memorandum or other disclosure disclosing the costs and coverage within 30 days after the date of the loan; require policies, certificates, plans, contracts, applications, enrollment forms, and schedules of premiums rates to be filed with the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; establish requirements for the refund of unearned premiums upon cancellation prior to the scheduled maturity date; establish requirements relating to the reporting and payment of claims; provide that a person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner may request an administrative hearing; provide that a violation by an insurer is subject to the penalty provisions of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304; amend KRS 304.19-010, 304.19-020, 304.19-080, 304.19-090, and 304.19-130 to conform; direct that certain sections apply to contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (13)

  1. Jan 23, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 23, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Feb 6, 2026 to Banking & Insurance (S) · upper
  4. Feb 10, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
  5. Feb 11, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  6. Feb 11, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026 · upper
  7. Feb 12, 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
  8. Feb 13, 2026 received in House · lower
  9. Feb 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  10. Mar 2, 2026 to Banking & Insurance (H) · lower
  11. Mar 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  12. Mar 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  13. Mar 12, 2026 recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H) · lower
Subjects
Banks And Financial InstitutionsInsuranceLoans, Credit, Interest, And UsuryPropertyState Agencies

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