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SB35 • 2026
AN ACT relating to oaths.
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AN ACT relating to oaths.
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AN ACT relating to oaths.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 1318 Page 1 of 2 XXXX 12/17/2025 9:45 AM Jacketed AN ACT relating to oaths. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 Section 1. KRS 6.072 is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) Witnesses testifying before[attending] the General Assembly, [ either house] or a[ 4 legislative] committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, 5 commission, or task force of the General Assemb ly, are entitled to the same 6 privileges and immunities [,] and the same compensation [,] as witnesses in other 7 civil and criminal proceedings [cases]. When summoned by the Commonwealth, 8 they shall be paid out of the State Treasury. 9 (2) Any member acting as ch air[Chairmen] of a[the] committee,[committees] interim 10 committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force of the 11 General Assembly[Senate and House of Representatives] shall[may] administer an 12 oath[all necessary oaths] to any person who appears or is called to testify before 13 that[a] committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, 14 commission, or task force of the General Assembly[ of either house]. 15 (3) (a) The oath administered to each witness who testifies before a commi ttee, 16 interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task 17 force of the General Assembly shall follow the oath administered to a 18 witness in a court of law and read as follows: "Do you swear or affirm that 19 you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" 20 (b) If a witness refuses to take the oath, then he or she shall not be permitted to 21 testify before the committee. 22 (4) An oath sworn during a previous committee, interim committee, statutory 23 committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force meeting shall not a pply to 24 any future meeting of a committee, interim committee, statutory committee, 25 subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly. 26 (5) Testimony given under oath shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 1318 Page 2 of 2 XXXX 12/17/2025 9:45 AM Jacketed Chapter 523. 1 (6) All meet ings of a committee, interim committee, statutory committee, 2 subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly shall be 3 recorded and transcribed. 4