Ohio Senate Steve Stivers
1 ohio senate
1.1 elections
1.2 tenure
1.3 committee assignments
ohio senate
elections
in december 2002, incumbent republican priscilla mead decided resign after serving in ohio senate year. stivers recommended senate screening committee , appointed election of senate republicans on january 4, 2003. won re-election in 2004 full senate term 58% of vote.
tenure
stivers served in ohio senate january 9, 2003, until december 2008.
legislation
he sponsored 12 bills while in office became law, 11 of bipartisan. lead sponsor of following bills:
a comprehensive tort reform bill enacted in 2004.
allowed members of armed forces reserves called active duty defer paying property taxes during length of deployment.
provided doctors limited civil protections if choose give free care uninsured people, resulting in more $1 million of free care in franklin county alone.
worked ensure disabilities in need of healthcare have option buy ohio’s medicaid system.
worked strengthen ohio s sex offender laws.
he passed balanced, fiscally conservative state budget, provided largest personal property tax cut in ohio history, , froze tuition rates ohio’s college students.
committee assignments
stivers sat on variety of ohio senate committees. chairman of insurance, commerce , labor committee, vice-chair of finance , financial institutions committee, served on ways , means committee, judiciary committee on civil justice, judiciary committee criminal justice, , controlling board.
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