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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Kentucky HB 545 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Claims", "Effective Dates", "Emergency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68080ed3-b3c3-4c2a-9aec-442b7a2e687f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb545.html"
source_hash: "59460942bfa368fce2fadcbdf2aeba980db6dba0fa2ce306a839c22f8163f6dc"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb545/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0006.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb545/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **961** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 545 — **370** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68080ed3-b3c3-4c2a-9aec-442b7a2e687f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).