| Last Action | 02/04/26: floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to grand jury service. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact
Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1531 |
| Sponsors | C. Massaroni, J. Calloway, K. Banta, T. Roberts |
| Summary of Original Version | 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. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Corrections Impact - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment Local Mandate - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment Courts - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment Courts - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, misdemeanor, statute of limitation Crimes And Punishments - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, misdemeanor, statute of limitation Criminal Procedure - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment Criminal Procedure - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, misdemeanor, statute of limitation |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1 |
| 01/12/26 |
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| 01/20/26 |
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| 02/04/26 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; except amend the statute of limitations for misdemeanor violations of recording information at a grand jury proceeding to be prosecuted within 10 years after the Commonwealth knew or should have known; amend the statute of limitations for misdemeanor violations of disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding to be prosecuted within 5 years after the Commonwealth knew or should have known; provide that the Act may be cited at the Crystal Rogers Act. |
| Index Headings |
Courts, Circuit - Knowingly disclosing grand jury information, statute of limitation, 5 years Courts, Circuit - Knowingly recording grand jury information, statute of limitation, 10 years Crimes And Punishments - Knowingly disclosing grand jury information, statute of limitation, 5 years Crimes And Punishments - Knowingly recording grand jury information, statute of limitation, 10 years Criminal Procedure - Knowingly disclosing grand jury information, statute of limitation, 5 years Criminal Procedure - Knowingly recording grand jury information, statute of limitation, 10 years Short Titles And Popular Names - Crystal Rogers Act |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | T. Roberts |
| Summary | Retain original provision, except provide that the prohibition of recording or disclosing information gathered while present during a grand jury proceeding shall not apply to Commonwealth's attorney or any employee of the Commonwealth's attorney. |
| Index Headings |
Courts - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, Commonwealth's attorney staff, exception Crimes And Punishments - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, Commonwealth's attorney staff, exception Criminal Procedure - Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, Commonwealth's attorney staff, exception |
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