republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-305.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 305	Kentucky HB 305 (2026RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Courts Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Local Mandate	enacted	B. Chester-Burton C. Massaroni D. Grossberg J. Calloway K. Banta T. Roberts	3	26	4	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e9496b9d-ba5d-40c2-92a9-332b251b5ca3	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb305.html	bf02c2c5b42d8c2e0a85854b028b57edab2f29ffddf70bed3c72bc732adb57be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 107 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e9496b9d-ba5d-40c2-92a9-332b251b5ca3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).