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    May HR-PAGE Chapter Meeting

    Date: May 14, 2025, 11:30am
    Organizer:
    HR-PAGE
    Location:
    In-Person (ValuNet Smart Room at Emporia Chamber)
    Price:
    $10 for Non-Members; Free for HR-PAGE Members
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    Guest Speaker - Natalie Bright

    Insight into the 2025 Kansas Legislative Session and issues impacting the business community.

    Natalie has over twenty-eight years of experience lobbying on behalf of Kansas business and state associations at the state and federal levels. Her expertise is in lobbying business issues, specifically in the areas of taxation, human resources, insurance, judicial reform and transportation. Natalie has a joint degree in business administration and political science from the University of California-Riverside.  She received her law degree from Washburn School of Law in 1998 and began lobbying for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the 1998 Legislative Session.  In 1999, Natalie left the Chamber to work as a contract lobbyist.  In 2008, she joined her law school classmate, Marlee Carpenter, and opened her current firm. 

    Natalie is active in a variety of statewide business coalitions and has been part of several reform efforts including recent workers’ compensation, immigration, unemployment compensation and health care reform efforts. Natalie is licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas and resides in Shawnee, Kan. with her husband Kevin and four children.

     

    Learning Objectives - 

    1. Overview of the major issues addressed during the 2025 Kansas Legislative Session
    2. In depth review of bills passed during the 2025 Kansas Legislative Session impacting the HR profession
    3. Gain knowledge and tips on how to work with elected officials on issues impacting HR professionals

     

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