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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to grand jury service."
+description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to establish that a person present at any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly record the proceeding or disclose any information gathered while present during a proceeding; amend KRS 29A.990 to establish the penalty for knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding as a Class A misdemeanor unless the person is a public servant as defined in KRS 519.010, in which case it is a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.050 to provide that a misdemeanor violation of knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding shall be prosecuted within 10 years after the act is committed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "HB 305"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 305 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Courts", "Crimes And Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Local Mandate"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "C. Massaroni", "D. Grossberg", "J. Calloway", "K. Banta", "T. Roberts"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9496b9d-ba5d-40c2-92a9-332b251b5ca3"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb305.html"
+source_hash: "bf02c2c5b42d8c2e0a85854b028b57edab2f29ffddf70bed3c72bc732adb57be"
+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 305 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to grand jury service.
+
+Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to establish that a person present at any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly record the proceeding or disclose any information gathered while present during a proceeding; amend KRS 29A.990 to establish the penalty for knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding as a Class A misdemeanor unless the person is a public servant as defined in KRS 519.010, in which case it is a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.050 to provide that a misdemeanor violation of knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding shall be prosecuted within 10 years after the act is committed.
+
+## 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/26RS/hb305/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0107.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb305/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Suspend the Rules — **83–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 305 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
+- C. Massaroni — primary (person)
+- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
+- J. Calloway — primary (person)
+- K. Banta — primary (person)
+- T. Roberts — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
+- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 92-1 `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9496b9d-ba5d-40c2-92a9-332b251b5ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+