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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Kentucky HB 537 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Civil Actions", "Opioids", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292a0835-2246-4983-a30f-85d424ea9dbc"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb537.html"
source_hash: "fd2132a0f4d559ec53144804c126852df76669edc45be419a0ddce7f8549a9b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb537/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0049.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb537/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/292a0835-2246-4983-a30f-85d424ea9dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).