Mike L. Kohler

• S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says they were speaking on the previous bill and not on this one.

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  Mr. Speaker I was on for the one previous to this. I apologize. Not for this one.

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• H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Asks how parcels that predate county zoning, such as plots from the 1970s, would be documented as lots of record and whether the county or the owner would provide the plat.

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  Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I think when in our county, or when I used to be running be part of this, we call 'em lots of record, but there are some things you've just discussed, uh, that would probably predate even records that the county would hold. Now, in the seventies when zoning started, there were plots that were set in, well, that weren't changed since the seventies. And if each one of those became a lot of record, which could be used, you're saying you're providing a plat map that you have that the county doesn't have, or is this something that they actually can provide a record for too as well?

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• H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Asks a follow-up on what a property owner in the same situation would need to show the county as proof.

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  Follow up. If I could. Go ahead. So, so just one more question then, related to that. If I had the same situation, what would I need to do to prove that to my county? Would I have to have some personal record that, or is this something they've got recorded?

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• H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026

  Says the issue was handled differently in his county and that he is fine with the bill if it makes the process clearer.

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  Like that. I get that lots of records are handled differently in different places. I guess in my county, that wasn't an issue. It was covered under laws, it was, and or as it is now, if this improves or makes it clear, I'm okay with that too. Thank you.

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026

  Speaks in support of the bill, says local government experience shows the problems it addresses, and says it moves in the right direction.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. I also rise in support of this bill. Uh, the last couple of years of these have taken shape and as they start to progress, the problems have been obvious to those of us who've been in local government before. Um, our good representative colleague from Morgan County has met with the players in this many, many times to make sure that what we do have going forward works better than the, the forms that we have now. And I think it's going the right direction. So I encourage support as well.

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• H.B. 494 Transfer of Water Interests · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026

  Kohler speaks in support of the substitute and the bill, saying it restores the earlier clear distinction between water shares and water rights.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. I is rise in support of the substitute and the, the bill. This is a space that I deal with a lot and this language in both cases is gonna bring it back to what it used to be about 10 years ago when the difference between a water share and a water right was well established and the, and the state engineer could handle both of 'em separately without getting confusion. Thank you.

  ▶ Watch at 1:55:15

• H.B. 494 Transfer of Water Interests · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026

  Supports the substitute and the bill, saying the language would restore the clearer distinction between water shares and water rights that existed about ten years ago.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. I is rise in support of the substitute and the, the bill. This is a space that I deal with a lot and this language in both cases is gonna bring it back to what it used to be about 10 years ago when the difference between a water share and a water right was well established and the, and the state engineer could handle both of 'em separately without getting confusion. Thank you.

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Moved to adopt the first substitute to HB 510.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. I'd like to move, uh, first substitute HB five 10. We Have to adopt, we have to adopt the sub first.

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Restated the motion to adopt the first substitute to HB 510.

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  I'd like to move first. Sub, uh, HB five 10. What was the number did you say? 5 5 10 first Sub five 10. Did I say it wrong?

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Moved to recommend the first substitute to HB 510 favorably.

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  Thank you Mr. Chair. I'd like to mo move that we move favorably. Uh, HB five ten first substitute. The motion is that we recommend favorably first substitute house Bill five 10.

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Spoke in support of the motion, saying the sponsor has the bill in a good place and that it moves in the right direction.

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  Just briefly. I appreciate the work that Representative Oxe has done. I think she's got this in a good place and it's moving in the right direction. I do have some experience back in the day where negotiations with developers and counties can be come a little bit problematic. It doesn't help that they can go to the state and get the rules changed, but I think this is in a place where I think we can, uh, come to an agreement that's probably better than it used to be. And I'll support the movement to the next step. But for now, I think we're ready to move.

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• H.B. 363 Water Easement Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Said prescriptive easements arise from use, that cities often take over old canals for storm water, and that the bill helps create a proactive process.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I'm not an attorney obviously, and Representative Abbott, you're the specialist. But my experience on this is that prescriptive easements happen by use and most of the old canals are not anything else. That's what they are. Mm-hmm. But we also as an irrigation company, don't have the ability to give somebody the right to traverse it for a trail. Mm-hmm. They can create their own. And most cities have. Mm-hmm. And certainly they've created, in most cases the ability to use storm water. 'cause that was all farmland. Now it's all houses. And to have nowhere to put the storm water except there makes a problem. Mm-hmm. And, uh, most of the time the …

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• S.B. 201 Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Asked whether he could reserve the right to make a motion.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, having listened all this, and excuse me, can I reserve the right to make a motion?

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• S.B. 201 Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Moved to go to the next agenda item, saying shelters already follow most of the practices, that the notice requirement would add cost, and that the bill should be worked on later.

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  We'd like to speak to it. I would, um, having listened to this and having worked with a shelter up in our area for while I was in the county, it appears to me in talking to several, that they're already operating pretty much on this form except for the notice part. The notice part, if you heard, is gonna delay activity. It'll cost more. It just adds things to 'em, and it doesn't bring in the whole padre of everybody that deals with animals. So I think the bill is probably gonna cost more. I, I also think that as been mentioned, not having a physical note is a problem. So I'm just gonna suggest we move to the …

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• S.B. 111 Veterinary Post-employment Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 25, 2026

  Asked whether non-competes also occur in human medicine.

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  Yeah. Thank you. Uh, Senator Palmer, just questioning, you said you're in the medical field for humans. Yeah. And I know talking that's ideal deal with, and our dairy producers, uh, especially in this get inside the big cities, they almost all are corporate and they work on small animals, like has been said. Does this not happen in human medicine too? If you go work for HC or something like that? Is there non-compete clauses? If I leave there?

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