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, Executive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer, Kentucky Chamber 
Kimberly Halbauer, Kentucky Regional President, Fifth Third Bank 
Jeffrey F. Holliday, Director of Advocacy, Arnold Ventures

8:45 a.m.  |  Education and Workforce
Rep. Josh Branscum
Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Rep. James Tipton
Sen. Steve West
Moderator: Kyle Baltuch, Vice President, Employer Alignment, Strada Education Foundation

9:30 a.m.  |  Technology and Energy
Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Rep. Josh Bray
Sen. Danny Carroll
Rep. Wade Williams
Moderator: Jennifer Barber, Office Partner-in-Charge, FBT Gibbons

10:15 a.m.  |  Break

10:30 a.m.  |  Health Care in Kentucky
Rep. Matt Koch
Rep. Derek Lewis
Rep. Amy Neighbors
Sen. Craig Richardson
Moderator: Dr. Stephen Behnke, President & CEO, Lexington Clinic

11:15 a.m.  |  View from the Floor
House Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy
Senate Majority Floor Leader Max Wise
Moderator: Kate Shanks, Executive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer, Kentucky Chamber 

12:00 p.m.  |  Luncheon Panel
The Votes Are In: Election Results and the Road Ahead
sponsored by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
Introduction: Allison Adams, President & CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
Bob Babbage, Founder, Babbage Cofounder
Steve Robertson, Government Relations Principal, FBT Gibbons
Amy Wickliffe, Partner, McCarthy Strategic Solutions
Moderator: TBA

12:55 p.m.  |  Break

1:15 p.m.  |  Housing
Rep. David Meade
Rep. Michael Meredith
Sen. Robby Mills
Rep. Joshua Watkins
Moderator: Elizabeth Whitehouse, Founder, Whitehouse Strategies

2:00 p.m.  |  New Legislator Panel
Rep.-Elect Darrell Billings
Sen.-Elect Dr. Christian Furman
Rep.-Elect Kevin Jones
Rep.-Elect Daniel Konstantopoulos
Sen.-Elect Ben Mudd
Moderator: Rep. Suzanne Miles

2:45 p.m.  |  Legislative Leaders Discussion
Senate President Robert Stivers
Speaker of the House David Osborne
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President and CEO, Kentucky Chamber

3:30 p.m.  |  2027 Kentucky Legislative Preview Conference concludes