State Senator Kyle Koehler

10/21/2026

Remember to cast your vote for Sasha Rittenhouse on your Clark County ballot.

Home is where the heart is, and my home is Clark County, Ohio!!

10/15/2026

What an amazing turnout tonight to officially welcome Dr. Karlos Marshall as the new Director of the Clark County Public Library.

It was best categorized as more of a “welcome home” since Dr. Marshall is a graduate of Springfield High. A graduate of Wittenberg. And a graduate of the University of Dayton where he received his Doctorate in Education.

Bishop Ronald Todd spoke on behalf of Governor DeWine and Commissioner Chris Wallace represented the city of Springfield.

The library announced this as an historic time since Dr. Marshall “will be the first Black library director in the Clark County Public Library’s history.”

Welcome home Dr. Marshall!

10/14/2026

You know you are making a difference when you attend a conference about su***de prevention at a gun range in Beavercreek to talk about a new law our office passed called the "Keep Them Safe Act".

Health professionals were talking in one room about gun safety, and you can hear law-abiding gun owners exercising their 2nd Amendment rights on the firing range across the hall.

SB273 was signed by the Governor after passing both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate with unanimous votes. It has the support of Gun Retailers (FFLs) and the Ohio Su***de Prevention Foundation. Thanks to Midwest Shooting Center, Vance Outdoors and Blackwing Shooting Center for stepping up to support an idea that was brought to me by the Buckeye Fi****ms Association (BFA) and Life Side Ohio.

This new law does NOT create or change any gun laws in Ohio. It simply provides liability protection to gun dealers who want to offer storage of fi****ms (without relinquishing control or ownership) when a gun owner wants to put distance between themselves, their family and their fi****ms for a period determined by the gun owner.

10/10/2026

Your elected officials had all six kettles covered at the Enon Apple Butter festival today. I stirred along with Clerk of Courts Melissa Tuttle, Sheriff Chris Clark, and County Commissioners Sasha Rittenhouse, Greg Kaffenbarger, and Charlie Patterson.

What a great time to see many of your elected officials all in one spot. My latest granddaughter got to experience her first Apple Butter Festival!

Many of us will be out stirring again tomorrow.

10/10/2026

As someone who has been the General Contractor on a new home construction and owns a small farm, having convenient access to everything from small excavators to tile saws, compactors to floor sanders is a game changer. Having an equipment rental business back in Springfield is going to be wonderful.

It was an honor to be able to present a President’s Letter from the State Senate to the new owners of Sunbelt Rentals. They are located out behind the Clark County Fairgrounds.

I even left with a quote to come back this month to use one of their medium size excavators to clear some areas on my farm.

10/09/2026

This is a HUGE step in the right direction for restoring gun rights in the United States.

We are currently looking at the Ohio Revised Code to see if we still need to change it so that these items are not classified as dangerous ordinances without an NFA stamp.

We are hoping that we don’t need to change the Ohio Revised Code, but I am not a lawyer, nor will I give legal advice. Within one month we will have this straightened out if we do need to change the Ohio Revised Code.

Either way it is a big win for gun rights in the United States and either way, we will still clean up the ORC incase the next ATF Director would try to change this back.

10/08/2026

Yesterday, my Legislative Aide and I headed to Cedarville to help the Lieutenant Governor promote the Team Tressel Challenge to the Cedarville Indians.

I am not sure if Olivia knew what she signed up for when she joined our office - but Coach Tressel put us through our paces with pushups, squats and planking!

It was bad enough Tressel instructed me to lead the group in pushups and that 300 students would count as I rose each time… but then he asked Governor DeWine “How many should Senator Koehler do?

When the Governor said “20”, I thought, “Dang, he’s still mad at me for overriding that veto on Property Taxes!!!!” 😳

I want to personally thank Jim Tressel for using his time as Lieutenant Governor to help improve student health in Ohio.

10/06/2026

I so appreciate groups like:

The Ohio Business Roundtable
The Ohio Farm Bureau
The National Federation of Independent Business
The Ohio Manufacturers Association
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce

… for speaking up in support of my Senate Bill 328 to bring career awareness to students starting in 6th-8th grade. Some schools like those in Clark County are already doing this.

My bill creates a framework for ALL of Ohio to expose students to the 16 career pathways, teach soft skills, and financial planning (among other things)… so that students are prepared to enter college, the workforce or get additional technical training upon graduation.

It then tracks results to make sure we are training for the jobs that industry is looking for.

Senate Bill 328 passed out of Senate with a unanimous vote and is one committee vote away in the House from going to the floor and becoming law this November.

It has support from every group we could find (even both sides of the isle) with no known groups in opposition.

Career planning needs to be a part of primary education.

10/02/2026

On Wednesday we passed the 90 day repeal of the Ohio Sales Tax on gas and diesel.

The Governor signed it yesterday. It will start on Sunday. You should see a reduction of 38.5 cents on gas and 47 cents on diesel.

If you are like me, you will be driving around on “E” all day Saturday!

We are using excess tax revenue to backfill the $720M that ODOT, counties and townships might have lost due to the savings for consumers.

In the end, just like the $350M I fought to return to taxpayers by authoring Senate Bill 356, I am happy to say $720M more in excess taxes are being returned to taxpayers! After all, it is your money not the government’s.

10/01/2026

If you have contacted my office lately, you might have heard a new voice on the phone or a new name at the end of an email.

I am pleased to introduce Olivia Kaiser as my new Legislative Aide for the 10th Senate District. Olivia graduated with highest honors from Ohio University in May. She has a degree in Business Administration and spent her first months out of college working as a congressional intern in Washington, D.C.

While Toledo Law School took Sean from our office, I am very pleased that Olivia has joined Emily as one of only two staff members who help prepare our office to serve constituents, craft legislation, and oversee the many bills moving through my committees.

The 10th Senate District serves 360k residents and these two make our office of three ready to serve each one.