Kentucky Legislative Preview Agenda


*Agenda is tentative and subject to change.

8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Kate Shanks, Senior VP, Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
Kevin P. Sheridan, Senior Regional Manager – HSE, Westlake

8:45 a.m. | Health Care and Substance Use Disorder
•    Senator Donald Douglas
•    Senator Ralph Alvarado
•    Representative Kimberly Moser
•    Moderator: Rodney Shockley, Executive VP & General Counsel, Forcht Group of Kentucky  

9:30 a.m. | Tax Reform
•    Representative Jason Petrie
•    Representative Michael Meredith
•    Representative Brandon Reed
•    Moderator: Jennifer Barber, Office Member-in-Charge, Frost Brown Todd LLC

10:30 a.m. | Education and Workforce
•    Senator Max Wise
•    Representative Killian Timoney
•    Representative Josie Raymond
•    Representative Steve Riley
•    Moderator: Amy Luttrell, President & CEO, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky

11:15 a.m. |  Legislative Leaders Panel
•    Senate President Robert Stivers
•    Speaker of the House David Osborne
•    Moderator: Ashli Watts, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber

12:00 p.m. | Luncheon 
Freshman Faces

Get to know several of the newly-elected members of the Kentucky General Assembly
•    Senator-elect Amanda Bledsoe
•    Representative Keturah Herron
•    Representative-elect Amy Neighbors
•    Representative-elect Wade Williams
•    Moderator: Representative Michael Sarge Pollock

1:15 p.m. | Energy and Environment
•    Representative Jim Gooch
•    Representative Josh Branscum
•    John Lyons, Deputy Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
•    Moderator: Sarah Jarboe, Partner, English, Lucas, Priest, & Owsley, LLP

1:45 Disaster Response
•    Senator Jason Howell
•    Representative John Blanton
•    Representative Richard Heath
•    Representative Angie Hatton
•    Moderator: Carlos E. Sanchez, President, AT&T Kentucky

2:45 p.m. | Infrastructure Investment
•    Senator Jimmy Higdon
•    Secretary Jim Gray, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
•    Representative Samara Heavrin
•    Representative Ken Upchurch
•    Moderator: Seth Cutter,  Director of Communications & Government Affairs, CVG Airport

3:30 p.m. | Floor Leader Discussion
•    Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer
•    House Majority Leader Steven Rudy
•    Moderator: Kate Shanks, Senior VP, Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber

4:15 p.m. | Governor’s Address
Governor Andy Beshear, Commonwealth of Kentucky

4:45 p.m. | 2023 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes