Exciting News - HB 70 Assigned to Senate Judiciary. Please Call in!

For years, our bill to restore voting rights to most former felons who have served their debt to society has passed the House by a wide margin, but has not been allowed to even come up for discussion in the Senate.

This year, the bill has just been assigned to a new committee, Senate Judiciary, chaired by Senator Tom Jensen.

This is an exciting opportunity for us because Sen. Jensen and many other senators on that committee have expressed support for HB 70 in the past.

But we need to show an out-pouring of public support to make sure they understand that Kentuckians support voting rights legislation and to make sure we finally get a hearing for the bill.

We know that many of you called Senate Leadership about this bill just earlier this week, but it's critical that we generate a lot of calls to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee as soon as possible.

Take Action

Call the Legislative Message Line (1-800-372-7181) and leave a message for the "Senate Judiciary Committee" plus your own Senator.  (Click here if you're not sure who your senator is)

The Message Line is open until 6 p.m. tonight (7 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday)

Message: "Please support House Bill 70."

If you know senators on the Judiciary Committee or if you are in their district, it would be especially useful for them to also get a personal letter, call, or email from you. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are:

Sen. Tom Jensen [Chair]
Sen. Katie Stine [Vice Chair]
Sen. Perry B. Clark
Sen. Carroll Gibson
Sen. Ray S. Jones
Sen. Jerry P. Rhoads
Sen. John Schickel
Sen. Dan "Malano" Seum
Sen. Brandon Smith
Sen. Robert Stivers
Sen. Robin L. Webb

It's also now less than two weeks until the March 8th Voting Rights Lobby Day and Rally in Frankfort. Please register today if you plan on attending and spread the word!