Throughout his career in the Ohio General Assembly, representing the 16th Ohio Senate District, State Senator Steve Stivers has been an advocate for programs and initiatives that promote economic development and encourage job creation. He has sponsored legislation to end lawsuit abuse, protect children and families, lower taxes for Ohio seniors, freeze skyrocketing college tuition costs, and improve Ohio’s business climate. Among his accomplishments, Senator Stivers has worked in the Ohio General Assembly to pass meaningful legislative initiatives, including the following efforts:

• Instituted comprehensive tort reform to level the scales of justice. (SB 80)

• Allowed members of the Armed Forces Reserves who are called to active duty to defer paying property taxes during the length of a deployment. (SB 47)

• Provided doctors limited civil protections if they choose to give free care to uninsured people, resulting in more than $1 million of free care in Franklin County alone. (SB 86)

• Worked to ensure those with disabilities in need of healthcare have the option to buy-in to Ohio’s Medicaid system. (SB 4)

• Passed a balanced, fiscally conservative state budget, provided the largest personal property tax cut in Ohio history and froze tuition rates for Ohio’s college students. (HB 119)

• Worked to strengthen Ohio’s sex offender laws, keeping offenders behind bars and our children safe. (SB 97)

Senator Stivers serves as the vice-chairman of the powerful Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee and as the Chairman of the Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Judiciary Civil Justice; Judiciary Criminal Justice; and the Ways and Means and Economic Development Committees in the Ohio Senate. He also serves on the Legislative Service Commission. Before his service in public office, Senator Stivers maintained a professional career including seven years with Bank One, three years at the Ohio Company and five years as a staff member in the Ohio Senate. 

Senator Stivers is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ohio Army National Guard. He has more than 23 years of service and served the nation oversees for nearly a year in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Djibouti. During his service in the Army National Guard he has held positions as Radio-Teletype Operator, Chemical Officer, Company Commander, Logistics Officer, Executive Officer and Battalion Commander. Senator Stivers holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University (1996) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Relations from The Ohio State University (1989). Stivers lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife Karen.