[5] 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.

In addition to school safety, Majority Leader Scheffel sponsored SB-183, creating a task force to study 911 call oversight and outage reliability.

In the 2015 Legislative Session, Majority Leader Mark Scheffel introduced Senate Bill 177, a bi-partisan measure to address construction defects.

SB 177 would have forced homeowners associations (HOAs) to use arbitration or mediation before suing a developmental party where construction defects are an issue.

The bill also included a provision to allow a judge to appoint an arbitrator or mediator where such a person had not been agreed upon by concerned parties, and would have required transparency by the HOA to housing unit owners.

In addition, he served on the Legislative Council due to his role as Assistant Minority Leader in the Republican Caucus.

Senator Scheffel said that the bill was "the result of more than a year of work on the part of the legislators and other government officials and agencies.

"[16] During this legislative session Senator Scheffel sponsored several bills, one of which focused on increasing the transparency in the use of gifts, grants, and donations to fund programs by state agencies.

HB 10-1178 required that any state agencies that received such gifts would have to make annual reports to the General Assembly.

Financial advisor and Air Force veteran Bob Denny petitioned onto the Republican primary ballot.

[22] Mark Scheffel ultimately defeated Bob Denney in the contested Republican primary in August, taking 65 percent of votes cast.