STOP SB89

Here is the Veto Statement.
Now we need you to make your voices heard!
​Exactly What to Do: Spend 10 Minutes to Save Our Water.
Look up who your House Rep and Senator are here. OR, the LRC switchboard can look it up for you.
1️⃣ CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE (2 minutes)

• Call the Legislative Research Commission Switchboard: (502) 564-8100
• They’re VERY nice—this is their job!
• Ask to be transferred to YOUR House Rep’s office and say:
• “My name is [Your Name], and I live at [Your Address]. I’m calling to ask Representative [Name] to uphold the veto of SB 89. This bill removes pollution protections for groundwater, putting tens of thousands of private wells in rural Kentucky at risk. Every Kentuckian deserves clean, safe water—and SB 89 threatens the water we rely on for drinking, farming, and industry.”

2️⃣ REPEAT FOR YOUR SENATOR (2 minutes)

• Same call, same message—just swap Representative for Senator.

3️⃣ DEMAND ACTION FROM THE FULL LEGISLATURE (2 minutes)

• Call the main message line - 1-800-372-7181
• Leave a message for the FULL HOUSE AND THE FULL SENATE:  “Kentuckians demand clean water. Uphold the veto of SB 89.”

4️⃣ BACK IT UP WITH AN EMAIL (3 minutes)

• Find your legislators’ emails: House Rep HERE / Senator HERE
• Subject line: “Uphold the Veto on SB 89—Protect Kentucky’s Water”
• Email Body (Personalize the red parts) :
  Dear [Representative/Senator Last Name], Clean water isn’t political—it’s a right. As a constituent from [Your Town/City], I urge you to uphold the veto of SB 89. This bill removes critical protections for Kentucky’s groundwater, putting tens of thousands of private wells at risk of contamination and increasing costs for public drinking water and sewage treatment. SB 89 threatens the waters we rely on for drinking, farming, and industry. I’m counting on you to stand for every Kentuckian's right to clean, safe water.
• You can find all the links with the facts and data on why SB 89 is such a dangerous bill below. Feel free to copy any of those links into your emails! 

5️⃣ SHARE & MULTIPLY YOUR IMPACT (1 minute) Email or text this webpage to your friends, family, and neighbors. Post about it on social media and direct people to this action page. 
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We’re in a critical fight to stop SB 89, a dangerous bill that would roll back protections for Kentucky’s groundwater, wetlands, and streams. An unprecedented coalition of partner organizations across the state is coordinating actions and activating Kentuckians to oppose this bill. Read our joint state in opposition to Senate Bill 89 here. 

• Courier Journal op-ed by Michael Washburn: Kentucky bill would give coal, other industries the right to pollute our water 
• Fact Sheet #1,
• Fact Sheet #2,  
• Fact Sheet #3,
• Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet expressed the State's "grave concerns" about SB 89,
• Energy & Environment Cabinet’s analysis of SB 89 (addressing the insufficiencies of the House Committee Substitute
• Secretary of Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet letter of March 12, 2025 to Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House remarks here