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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 26, 2025

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Introduced February 18, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB648

AN ACT relating to liability shield products and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require a manufacturer of a liability shield product to subject the product to a placebo-controlled study before it is manufactured, marketed, distributed, or administered in Kentucky; establish requirements for the placebo-controlled study; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to monitor and track adverse outcomes of liability shield products; require manufacturers of liability shield products to submit documentation to the cabinet of the…

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This bill would require manufacturers of certain products classified as "liability shield products" to conduct placebo-controlled studies before those products can be made, marketed, distributed, or administered in Kentucky. It would also require the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to monitor and track harmful outcomes related to these products, and it would give individuals the right to refuse them. The Attorney General and private citizens could take legal action for violations or injuries…

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