Mark Scheffel
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| Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate | |
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In office January 7, 2015 – January 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Rollie Heath |
| Succeeded by | Chris Holbert |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 4th district |
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In office January 7, 2009 – January 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Wiens |
| Succeeded by | James "Jim" Smallwood |
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| Born | August 27, 1959 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cheri |
| Alma mater |
University of Denver John Marshall Law School New York University |
| Bills Introduced in 2015 by Sen. Scheffel (for which Sen. Scheffel is the primary originating sponsor) |
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| Bill | Title | Outcome | |
| SB15-141 | Income Tax Credit For Prop Taxes Paid Eligibility | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| SB15-177 | HOA Construction Defect Lawsuit Approval Timelines | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| SB15-214 | Interim Committee Safe Schools Youth Mental Health | Signed by Gov. Hickenlooper | |
| SB15-222 | Sales & Use Tax Refund For Rural Broadband Limit | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| Bills Introduced in 2012 by Sen. Scheffel (for which Sen. Scheffel is the primary originating sponsor) |
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| SB12-027 | Concerning notice to certain members of the General Assembly of rules promulgated pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act" as a result of an enacted legislative measure. | Laid over daily on the House calendar | |
| SB12-052 | Concerning a property tax exemption for business personal property. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| SB12-157 | Concerning the regulation of telecommunications service, and enacting the "Telecommunications Modernization Act of 2012". | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| HB12-1322 | Concerning the disposition of federal agricultural public lands. | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| Bills Introduced in 2011 by Sen. Scheffel (for which Sen. Scheffel is the primary originating sponsor) |
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| SB11-026 | Concerning a property tax exemption for business personal property first used in a business in a future property tax year. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| SB11-118 | Concerning an additional review of rules promulgated pursuant to the "State Administrative Procedure Act" by committees of reference of the General Assembly. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| SB11-262 | Concerning the regulation of telecommunications service by the Public Utilities Commission, and eliminating price regulation for all but basic local exchange service and emergency service [...] | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| HB11-1141 | Concerning an economic stimulus through a property tax exemption for business personal property. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| Bills Introduced in 2010 by Sen. Scheffel (for which Sen. Scheffel is the primary originating sponsor) |
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| Bill | Title | Outcome | |
| SB10-031 | Concerning a prohibition against the inclusion of facilities that offer gambling-related activities in a regional tourism project for purposes of the "Colorado Regional Tourism Act". | Signed by Gov. Ritter | |
| SB10-085 | Concerning the creation of a business personal property tax exemption reimbursement pilot program. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| SB10-086 | Concerning a phased-in exemption for fully depreciated business personal property. | Postponed indefinitely in Senate committee | |
| HB10-1178 | Concerning increasing the transparency in the use of gifts, grants, and donations to fund programs by state agencies. | Signed by Gov. Ritter | |
| HB10-1289 | Concerning an exemption for machinery used to provide telecommunications service from the state sales and use tax. | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| Bills Introduced in 2009 by Sen. Scheffel (for which Sen. Scheffel is the primary originating sponsor) |
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| Bill | Title | Outcome | |
| SB09-054 | Concerning an increase in the civil penalties recoverable by the state under statutes related to fair trade. | Signed by Gov. Ritter | |
| SB09-084 | Concerning documents related to the role of the office of the secretary of state as filing office for secured transactions. | Signed by Gov. Ritter | |
| SB09-085 | Concerning the creation of a legislative task force to study a property tax exemption for business personal property. | Signed by Gov. Ritter | |
| HB09-1068 | Concerning an exemption from property taxation for business personal property. | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| HB09-1144 | Concerning mandatory sentencing provisions for a defendant convicted of a sex offense against a child who is fourteen years of age or younger. | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
| HB09-1146 | Concerning a requirement to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. | Postponed indefinitely in House committee | |
Mark Scheffel is an American politician and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. First elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2008, Scheffel represented Senate District 4 in Douglas County, which encompasses Castle Rock, Larkspur, Parker, Franktown, and Castle Pines. Term limited, he did not run for re-election in the 2016 elections, so his term ended in January, 2017.
Mark Scheffel earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Denver in 1982, then later a J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1987 and an LL.M. in tax law from the New York University School of Law in 1998. A practicing business and tax attorney since 1989, he has worked as an attorney for his own firm, Reid and Scheffel, since 1993. In 2003 he was named Elbert County Attorney, a post that he held through 2008.
Active in the Douglas County Republican Party, he has served as a precinct committee person, district captain, chaired the Douglas County Republican GOTV effort and the bylaws committee of the Colorado Republican Party, and was chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party for two terms, from 2004 to 2007.
Scheffel has also served on the board of the Skycliff Stroke Center and on the citizen advisory board for The Wildlife Experience. He was a founding incorporator and charter director of Champion Bank. Scheffel and his wife Cheri reside with their four children in Parker, Colorado.
2016 Legislative Session
In his final legislative session as a State Senator, Majority Leader Mark Scheffel proved himself a champion for school safety with the passage of HB-1063 and SB-193. HB-1063 creates a safer learning environment for students and aids in the gathering of information that could potentially threaten the school, its staff or students. SB-193 provides a needed extension of the Safe2tell program. Safe2tell has successfully prevented security threats by allowing users to anonymously submit tips reporting concerns or threats to individuals or communities. In addition to school safety, Majority Leader Scheffel sponsored SB-183, creating a task force to study 911 call oversight and outage reliability.
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