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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky creates vaping settlement trust fund for youth prevention programs
Last action · January 14, 2026: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)Sponsors: Robert Duvall and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky establishes the vaping settlement trust fund in the State Treasury, administered by the Office of the Attorney General, to receive settlement proceeds from Juul Labs Inc. starting August 1, 2026. The funds must be distributed at least annually to the Department for Public Health's Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program for youth prevention and cessation efforts.
Directs legal settlement revenues from e-cigarette litigation exclusively toward public health programs focused on youth vaping prevention and cessation, establishing a dedicated revenue stream that carries over unspent balances across fiscal years.
- State attorneys general across the U.S., including Kentucky's, previously brought coordinated legal actions against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs Inc. regarding marketing practices aimed at youth. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Office of the Attorney General
Administers the vaping settlement trust fund and receives exclusion for litigation or investigative cost fees.
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program
Receives fund disbursements to promote youth prevention and cessation efforts.
Juul Labs Inc.
Subject to settlements, judgments, or bankruptcy proceedings whose proceeds fund the account.
Key Facts
- Establishes a trust and agency account named the vaping settlement trust fund in the State Treasury, administered by the Office of the Attorney General.
- Consists of all proceeds received by the Commonwealth on or after August 1, 2026, excluding litigation or investigative cost fees awarded to the Attorney General, from settlements, judgments, or bankruptcy proceedings against Juul Labs Inc.
- Mandates that funds be used exclusively by the Department for Public Health's Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program for youth prevention and cessation efforts.
- Requires fund amounts to be distributed no less than annually.
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- Exempts unexpended fund amounts at the close of a fiscal year from lapsing, allowing them to carry forward into the next fiscal year.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeto Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Dedication of Juul Settlement Funds
Proceeds from legal actions against Juul Labs Inc. are legally ring-fenced for youth tobacco prevention programs rather than entering general state revenues.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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