Except as provided in K.S.A. 60-482 , and amendments thereto, a journalist cannot be adjudged in contempt by a judicial, legislative, administrative body or any other body having the power to issue subpoenas, for refusing to disclose, in any state or local proceeding, any information or the source of any such information procured while acting as a journalist.
K.S.A. 60-481
Privilege applicable when acting as journalist; not in contempt in proceedings
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Glenn R. Funk v. Scripps Media, Inc. (2019)
Most recently applied in Glenn R. Funk v. Scripps Media, Inc. (March 2019)
L. 2010, ch. 114, § 2; July 1.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.