republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-537.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund.	Amend KRS 15.293 to include in the opioid abatement trust fund money received by order of a court in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy against any entity engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids; remove expired citation references to specific defendants; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the mechanism for distribution of funds received under specified circumstances; amend KRS 15.291 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 537	Kentucky HB 537 (2025RS)	bill	Attorney General Civil Actions Opioids Substance Abuse	enacted		3	24	2	2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/292a0835-2246-4983-a30f-85d424ea9dbc	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb537.html	fd2132a0f4d559ec53144804c126852df76669edc45be419a0ddce7f8549a9b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 537 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund.

Amend KRS 15.293 to include in the opioid abatement trust fund money received by order of a court in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy against any entity engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids; remove expired citation references to specific defendants; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the mechanism for distribution of funds received under specified circumstances; amend KRS 15.291 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 49 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 537 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/292a0835-2246-4983-a30f-85d424ea9dbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).