KCC Action Alerts
Actions To Take NOW
You may take action on any bills on our House and Senate lists, however the bills below are ones we have identified for special attention for immediate action.
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The Governor has Vetoed SB89- NOW ASK THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO UPHOLD THE VETO!
Senate Bill 89: (KCC Strong Oppose). Veto message here. Limits the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth" to "waters of the U.S." as opposed to its current definition which includes all surface and groundwater. Delivered to the Governor on 3/13, Vetoed 3/25.
We are aware that talking points have been submitted to lawmakers by entities in support of rolling back our water standards. Here are the FACTS to rebut their claims. Please reach out to your lawmakers immediately to help battle this misinformation.
Make a personal ask of your Representative and Senator and ask them to “uphold the veto.”
And then THANK the Governor for his Veto!
More Bills Vetoed- Thanks to you and the Governor- NOW ASK LAWMAKERS TO UPHOLD THE VETO on these bills too
These are bills we have been watching that have been vetoed. Be sure and thank the Governor for his actions, and then contact the House and Senate to “uphold the veto.”
House Bill 6 (KCC Oppose) Administrative Regulations. Full veto message here. Excerpt of the Governor’s Veto message: “…House Bill 6 is unconstitutional in both its purpose and action….House Bill 6 interferes with that constitutional duty by first eliminating the executive power to issue administrative regulations…”
House Bill 216 (KCC Monitor) Veto message here. Excerpt of the Governor’s Veto message: “…House Bill 216 allows conduct that has always been unethical and unlawful under the Executive Branch Ethics Code. In two separate Advisory Opinions issued to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission has confirmed that KRS I IA.040(4) prohibits executive branch employees from accepting grants and loans from a program run by the agency they workfor. 1 For good reason, this rule applies to all executive branch agencies and employees…”
House Bill 346 (KCC Oppose) Veto message here. Relating to air quality programs for emergency stationary internal combustion engines. “…House Bill 346 is at least one entity's attempt through legislation to receive a refund for emissions fees that it paid for a single year, but should have been paying for up to a decade. The bill will pass the cost of that refund onto Kentucky ratepayers, making our families pay for the emissions fees. ..”
House Bill 399 (KCC Oppose) Veto message here. Creates the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding. Delivered to the Governor on 3/13. VETOED 3/25. “House Bill 399 is unnecessary because the conduct it makes criminal is already covered by the crimes of disorderly conduct and harassment. House Bill 399 raises the risk of being used to silence lawful First Amendment conduct and hide what the state government is doing from the people who it is supposed to be working for.”
Senate Bill 84 (KCC Oppose) Relating to judicial review of state agency actions. Veto message here. Excerpt of the Governor’s Veto message: “…Senate Bill 84 is unconstitutional by telling the judiciary what standard of review it must apply to legal cases. The bill therefore violates the separation of powers….”
Senate Bill 245 (KCC Oppose) An act relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency. Veto message here. Excerpt of the Governor’s Veto message: “…Senate Bill 245 prevents Commission members who are reappointed from being able to serve without Senate confirmation. This legislative game-playing is not what the sportsmen and sportswomen of Kentucky deserve. They recommend appointments and reappointments, and Commission members are accountable to them, but the Senate's paltern of denying confirmation of the members they select shows the legislature is deferring to someone besides the sportsmen and sportswomen…”