Category: Senator Dave Schatz

What Do We Mean By Tort Reform And Activist Judges? More and more, it is becoming clear that the Legislature must work to stop activist

With only seven weeks remaining in the 2017 legislative session there is much to be done. However, there has also been much accomplished in the

This week marks the halfway point for this session. Next week will be spent on legislative spring break. In the first 11 weeks of session

  Thirteen Words: How a Simple Few Terms Can Stop Overbearing Government Regulation Beating back big government can be as simple as adding 13 words

This week the Senate continued working through our perfection and consent calendars and we were able to send several bills on to the House for

Successful government is often about balance. This week, the Senate debated the issue of balance between employees who have filed workers’ compensation claims and their

This week the Senate continued detailed and time-consuming work on subjects like tort reform and reforming many court decisions made by activist judges. We’ve had

The First Session of the 99th General Assembly is now well underway. The budget has had its first committee hearing and other bills have begun

Rejecting Pay Raises for Legislators  Early this week the Senate debated and defeated a potential pay raise for legislators. I want to report that I