Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 537: AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 537 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2025): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
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| No sponsor recorded in source data. | ||||
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49)
- delivered to Governor
- enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- received in House
- 3rd reading, passed 37-0
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- 2nd reading, to Rules
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- to Committee on Committees (S)
- received in Senate
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