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Come January, Indiana lawmakers will be back at the Statehouse for the 2025 legislative session, where they will craft a new two-year state budget.
On Dec. 18, Dentons 33rd Annual Legislative Conference will help lobbyists, policymakers and others prepare for the financial push and pull that every budget session brings.
A highlight of every Dentons legislative conference is a session where legislative leaders from the House and Senate begin to lay out their priorities. That session will occur just before lunch this year in the Indiana Convention Center.
It will give lawmakers an opportunity to publicly respond to the priorities that Gov.-elect Mike Braun laid out in a letter to them on Nov. 19. The letter said the key topics Braun will focus on are: property tax reform, a balanced state budget, improved constituent services, universal school choice and education quality, public safety, lower healthcare costs, economic development and energy and water.
Other sessions at Dentons legislative conference will examine lobbyist registration and reporting requirements, economic and workforce development, potential regulatory and policy changes regarding education, health care, Medicaid funding, road funding and access to energy and water.
“We’re hoping that folks will experience robust debate on the panels, and they’ll hear about a variety of topics,” said Brooke Burtnett, senior director of public policy at Dentons. “We’re hoping that if, for example, a lawyer attends that they will be able to get insight into the upcoming legislative session and be able to advise their clients on potential policy changes.”
Burtnett said about 300 people are expected to attend the conference. The cost for general registration is $350. For attorneys, the conference offers six credits of continuing legal education and one ethics credit.
Register at Dentons website.
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