As Vice Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Brian Chavez played a critical role in designing a bold budget plan that reduces the state income tax to a single flat tax rate, reforms Ohio's burdensome property tax system, maintains a significant investment in funding education by rewarding performance, and implements a visionary strategy for economic development, including professional sports.

The Ohio Senate unanimously passed House Bill 15, based in large part upon previous legislation (Senate Bill 2) spearheaded by Senate Energy Committee Chairman Senator Brian Chavez (R-Marietta) and designed to become a new 21st Century power policy that would produce reliable and affordable power for the entire state.