HB187 • 2026

AN ACT relating to investment in youth vaping prevention.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: R. Duvall
Last action: 2026-01-14
Official status: 01/14/26: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT relating to investment in youth vaping prevention.

What This Bill Does

AN ACT relating to investment in youth vaping prevention.

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Bill History

2026-01-14 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-01-07 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to investment in youth vaping prevention.

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AN ACT relating to investment in youth vaping prevention. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 15 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be 5
known as the vaping settlement trust fund. The fund shall be administered by the 6
Office of the Attorney General. 7
(2) The fund shall consist of all proceeds received by the Commonwealth on or after 8
August 1, 2026, excluding fees awarded to the Office of the Attorney General as 9
litigation or investigative costs, as a result of any settlement , judgment, or 10
bankruptcy proceeding against Juul Labs Inc., including but not limited to 11
Commonwealth of Kentucky, ex rel. Daniel Cameron, Attorney General v. Juul 12
Labs, Inc., 22-CI-00942. 13
(3) Amounts deposited into the fund shall be: 14
(a) Used only by th e Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program of the 15
Department for Public Health to promote youth prevention and cessation 16
efforts; and 17
(b) Distributed no less than annually. 18
(4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal 19
year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year. 20