Take action.
Ten minutes, on your own time, from your own phone. Be brief, be factual, and never mention a patient.
1. Call. Thirty seconds.
The Legislative Message Line is 1‑800‑372‑7181 (toll‑free from a Kentucky phone). An operator takes your message and delivers it to your legislators the same day. You can leave one message for your Representative and your Senator together.
“My name is ___ and I live in ___ County. Please tell my Representative and my Senator that I support Protect care wherever it’s given: KRS 508.025 covers EMS personnel wherever they are working, but covers a Nurse only on facility premises. Strike the premises limit so care is protected wherever it is given: ambulance, aircraft, patient’s home, scene. Thank you.”
Don’t know their names? Find your legislator by address. Bill status, once a bill is filed: 1‑866‑840‑2835.
2. Email. Five sentences.
The same lookup gives each legislator’s email. Keep it to this:
Subject: One line in KRS 508.025
Representative ___, I live in your district and work in ___. I’m asking you to sponsor or co‑sponsor a bill in the 2027 session: KRS 508.025 covers EMS personnel wherever they are working, but covers a Nurse only on facility premises. Strike the premises limit so care is protected wherever it is given: ambulance, aircraft, patient’s home, scene. The three bills we’re asking for are at kyems.org/#bills. I’d be glad to talk with you or your staff. Thank you. — ___, ___ County
3. Your county. Where the budget is.
Fiscal courts and 911 boards set EMS and dispatch budgets, staffing and policy, and their meetings are public with a comment period. Newly elected fiscal court members take office the first Monday in January and draft their first budgets that spring; 911 boards are appointed and keep their own calendars, so check when yours meets. One question is enough:
“When the EMS and 911 budgets come up this spring, will a dispatcher or a crew member be at the table?”
4. Print. Post. Walk away.
Download the one‑page sheet (PDF). Break room, station bulletin board, nurses’ lounge. The QR code on it opens this site. Nothing on it identifies who posted it.
5. Sign.
Add your name. It stays private unless you choose otherwise. The count is what we show legislators; the names are not.
6. Share.
Three sites, one cause: kyems.org · kydispatch.org · kynurse.org. Share the one that fits the person.
7. Go to Frankfort, if you can.
Committee meetings are open to the public without a pass, and they are streamed on KET and the LRC’s YouTube channel, so you can watch from home. The Capitol is closed for renovation. For the 2027 session, which opens January 5, the House and Senate meet in temporary chambers beside the Capitol Annex, with no public galleries. Annex committee rooms serve as viewing rooms; the Annex’s upper floors need a scheduled appointment and a visitor badge. Check the legislative calendar before you drive.
If you meet your legislator: ask for the meeting yourself, as a constituent; keep it under twenty minutes; bring the one‑pager; say which county you live in and which bill you want sponsored; and send a thank‑you note afterward that repeats the ask.
If you work for a public agency
Do this on your own time, from your own phone and your own email, never through a work system or on a work shift. Speak as a resident of your county, not for your employer. Keep patients out of it entirely.
Reporters
info@kyems.org. Every number on this site is cited to a statute, a signed contract or a federal report, and we will point you to the source.