Representative Vic Kohring
District 26 - Republican
State Capitol, Room 421
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-2186
Fax: (907) 465-3818
Interim:
600 E. Railroad Ave.
Wasilla, AK 99654
Phone: (907) 373-1842
Fax: (907) 376-6180
Elected to the House 1994, 1996
Date/Place of Birth: 8/2/58; Waukegan, IL
Occupation: Construction & Mortgage Lending
Residency in Alaska: Chugiak, 1963-69;
Anchorage, 1969-76; Wasilla, 1976-present
Education: High School - Dimond, 1973-76;
College - Alaska Pacific University, 1985-87, B.A. Management
Science; Post Graduate - Alaska Pacific University, 1987-89,
Masters Degree, Business Administration
Political and Government Positions: Member,
Board of Directors, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation,
1991-1994; Wasilla Planning Commission, 1991-1994; Member,
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Overall Economic Development
Commission, 1993-1994.
Business and Professional Positions: Senior
Associate, Alliance Mortgage Services, 1994-present
Service Organization(s) Membership: Wasilla
Chamber of Commerce; Chugiak/Eagle River Chamber of Commerce;
Mat-Su Professional Sportsfishing
Guide Association; National Rifle Association; Iditarod Trail
Committee
Special Interests: Fishing, hunting, spending
time with nieces and nephews
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
37: Releating to a requirement that parent,
guardian, or custodian consent before certain minors receive an
abortion; establishing a judicial bypass procedure by which a
minor may petition a court for authorization to consent to an
abortion without consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian;
amending the definition of "abortion"; and amending
Rules 40 and 79, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; Rules 204, 210,
212, 213, 508, and 512.5, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure;
and Rule 9, Alaska Administrative Rules. (Jointly sponsored with
Kelly, Vezey, and Mulder.)
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HB
149: An Act relating to the management of salmon
fisheries; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
154: An Act requiring the Department of Law to
provide guidelines regarding state and municipal takings of
private property; relating to state and municipal regulations,
ordinances, and actions relating to private property; relating to
compensation for and taxation of private property taken by state
or municipal action; relating to actions for state or municipal
taking of private property or for certain violations; prohibiting
certain regualtions; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
283: An Act relating to an exemption from the
sport fishing license requirement for blind residents. ~
HB
400: An Act combining parts of the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and parts of the Department of
Community and Regional Affairs by transferring some of their
duties to a new Department of Commerce and Rural Development;
transferring some of the duties of the Department of Commerce and
Economic Development and the Department of Community and Regional
Affairs to other existing agencies; eliminating the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and the Department of Community
and Regional Affairs; relating to the Department of Commerce and
Rural Development; adjusting the membership of certain
multi-member bodies to reflect the transfer of duties among
departments and the elimination of departments; and providing for
an effective date.
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HB
455: An Act relating to the functions of the
Department of Environmental Conservation; and providing for an
effective date.
HB
457: An Act relating to contracts for public
construction projects.
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Co-Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
15: Relating to the location of the convening of
the legislatured in regular session; repealing provisions
relating to student guests of the legislature.
HB
34: An Act relating to
legislative per diem; and providing for an effective date.
HB
42: An Act relating to the location of the
convening of the legislature in regular session; and providing
for an effective date.
HB
47: An Act relating to authorizing the
Department of Corrections to provide an automated victim
notificiation and prisoner information system.
HB
51: Passed
Legislative! Transmitted to the Governor An
Act relating to the Department of Environmental Conservation.
HB
65: Passed!
Chapter 15 SLA 97 An Act relating to
partial-birth abortions.
HB
90: An Act establishing a woman's right to know
certain medical facts related to the woman's safety before an
abortion is performed.
HB
116: An Act relating to worker's compensation
self-insurance.
HB
131: An Act providing for an advisory vote on
the issue of capital punishment.
HB 158: Passed! Chapter 60 SLA 97 An Act relating to attendance at a public school on
a part-time basis.
HB
159: An Act relating to sale, possession, and
purchase of tobacco and tobacco products; amending Rules 603 and
611(d), Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an
effective date.
HB
161: Withdrawn
by the Sponsor An Act relating to
deregulation of public utilities furnishing collection and
disposal service of waste material.
HB
166: An Act authorizing capital punishment,
classifying murder in the first degree as a capital felony, and
allowing the imposition of the death penalty when certain of
those murders are committeed against children; establishing
sentencing procedures for capital felonies; and amending Rules
32, 32.1, and 32.3, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rules
204, 209, 210, and 212, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.
HB
168: Vetoed
by the Governor An Act relating to use of
traditional means of access to assist in taking game or fish and
to traditional means of access for traditional outdoor activities
on land and water set aside for fish and game purposes; and
providing for an effective date.
HB 171: An
Act relating to the stat environmental policy and changing the
name of the Department of Environmental Conservation to the
Department of Environmental Development.
HB
229: An Act relating to the establishment and
operation of charter schools.
HB
232: An Act establishing the independent
division of administrative hearings in the Department of
Administration in order to provide a source of independent
administrative hearing officers to preside in contested cases;
relating to administrative hearing officers; relating to
contested case proceedings; and providing for an effective date.
HB
234: An Act relating to assistance for abortions
under the general relief program; and relating to financial
responsibility for the costs of abortions.
HB
246: Passed!
Chapter 110 SLA 97 An Act naming the George
W. Palmer Memorial Bridge.
HB
255: An Act relating to subsistence hunting and
fishing; and providing for an effective date.
HB 295: An
Act relating to enforcement of subsistence hunting and fishing
laws.
HB
299: An Act reducing excise tax rates for pipe
tobacco and certain cigars, cheroots, and stogies.
HB 309: Passed! Chapter 3 SLA 98 An Act naming the Robert B. Atwood Building.
HB
324: Passed
Legislature! Transmitted to the Governor An
Act relating to liens for municipal assessments for certain
utility improvements.
HB 339: An
Act relating to the child support enforcement agency; and
providing for an effective date.
HB
363: An Act relating to social security numbers;
providing for the limitation of use of social security numbers;
and making the improper use of a social security number a
prohibited unfair trade practice.
HB 380: Passed! Chapter 29 SLA 98 An Act relating to a temporary reduction of royalty
on oil and gas produced for sale from fields within the Cook
Inlet sedimentary basin where production is commenced in fields
that have been discovered and undeveloped or that have been shut
in.
HB
405: Passed
Legislature! Awaiting Transmittal to the Governor An
Act relating to failing to stop a vehicle when directed to do so
by a peace officer.
HB 412: An
Act providing for the transfer of certain land to the City of
Whittier; and providing for an effective date.
HJR
1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to the duration of a regular
session.
HJR
2: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to repeal of regulations by the
legislature.
HJR
5: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to freedom of conscience.
HJR
21: Relating to amendment of Title VIII of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
HJR 47: Proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to
the nomination, selection, appointment, and public approval or
rejection of justices of the supreme court and of judges of
courts established by the legislature that have as an exclusive
purpose the exercise of appellate jurisdiction over judicial acts
and proceedings, and requiring legislative confirmation of those
justices and judges and of the appointed members of the judicial
council.
HJR
57: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 72 Relating to an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting
federal courts from ordering a state or a political subdivision
of a state to increase or impose taxes.
HJR
62: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 75 Relating to bringing
Balto back to Alaska.
SB
11: Passed
Legislature! Transmitted to the Governor Relating
to state aid for school construction debt; and providing for an
effective date.
SB
77: Passed!
Chapter 11 SLA 97 An Act relating to the
Alaska Day of Prayer.
SB
141: Passed!
Chapter 1 SLA 98 An Act relating to permits
to carry concealed handguns; and relating to the possession of
firearms.
SB
180: Passed!
Chapter 26 SLA 98 An Act relating to state
rights-of-way.
SB 209: An
Act relating to the Task Force on Privatization; and providing
for an effective date.
SCR
2: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 51 Relating to management
of Alaska's wildlife resources.
SJR
3: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 59 Proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Alaska limiting the rights of
prisoners to those required under the Constitution of the United
States.
SJR
35: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Alaska relating to participation in an abortion.
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