republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-545.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.	Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 545	Kentucky HB 545 (2025RS)	bill	Appropriations Budget and Financial Administration Claims Effective Dates Emergency	enacted		3	19	2	2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/68080ed3-b3c3-4c2a-9aec-442b7a2e687f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb545.html	59460942bfa368fce2fadcbdf2aeba980db6dba0fa2ce306a839c22f8163f6dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 545 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 6 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 545 — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2025
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.6) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68080ed3-b3c3-4c2a-9aec-442b7a2e687f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).