As a member of the General Assembly, Schroder serves on the newly formed House Gaming Oversight Committee, which is responsible for oversight of the Commonwealth’s gambling industry, as well as the House Liquor Control, Urban Affairs and Insurance committees.  

Throughout his legislative career, Schroder has been a leader in the fight to lower malpractice insurance costs to keep good doctors practicing in the Commonwealth. In 2002, he championed a new law making major reforms to the malpractice legal system and he served on the Interbranch Commission on Venue, which developed a new law that requires malpractice cases to be brought only in the county in which the alleged malpractice act occurred. 

In 2004, Schroder’s Trauma Systems Stabilization Act was signed into law. The law helps ensure access to life-saving trauma care by designating a new level of trauma care and by providing much-needed grants to the state’s accredited trauma centers. 

Other health care issues Schroder has championed include the law requiring insurers to allow 48-hour hospital stays after delivery for both mothers and newborns and reforming the managed health care system to give patients greater rights. 

In 2006, Schroder led legislative efforts to reform the General Assembly as a founding member of the Jefferson Reform Initiative (JRI).  He continued these efforts as a founding member of the Bipartisan Reform Group and was appointed by the speaker to serve on the Speaker’s Bipartisan Commission on Legislative Reform. 

Schroder has also focused on a variety of other issues of concern to Chester Countians, including protecting the environment, preserving open space and being a vocal advocate for smart growth practices. He has helped local governments by supporting technology upgrades in county courthouses.  

Schroder also authored a law increasing the penalties for making bomb threats. The law also gives courts the ability to order a person convicted of making bomb threats to pay for the cost of responding to such incidents. 

Prior to his election, he served as Prothonotary for Chester County from 1992-1994. His involvement in politics and public service began in 1984, when he worked on constituent issues in the district office of U.S. Congressman Richard T. Schulze. He also served as Campaign Coordinator for Schulze for Congress in 1984. Schroder then joined Nationwide Insurance as an associate agent before beginning his legal career with the firm of German, Gallagher and Murtagh from 1987 through 1991. 

Schroder received awards from four health advocacy groups in 2004 in recognition of his efforts to boost health care in the Commonwealth. He was presented with Leadership Awards from both the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and the Delaware Valley Health Care Council. He also received the 2004 Friend of Family Medicine Award from the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and the Legislator of the Year Award for 2004 from the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society. 

Rep. Schroder was named the first recipient of the Matthew J. Ryan Legislator of the Year Award for 2004 by the Chester County Chamber Foundation. Schroder received Legislator of the Year from the TriCounty Chamber of Commerce in 2002 and again in 2006. He was honored as the Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 1998 by the Downingtown Chamber of Commerce, and he also received the Citizenship award from the Pennsylvania VFW for his commitment to fostering patriotism. 

In 2007, Schroder was named the first recipient of the Sen. Robert J. Thompson Public Service Award by the Exton Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

Schroder continues to be an active resident of the district where he is a member of the Downingtown Lions Club.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Brandywine Hospital, the Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC), and the Brandywine YMCA.

As a member of the YMCA Board, Schroder chaired the Annual Giving Campaign in 1999, which raised more than $115,000 for Y scholarships for needy families. He also previously served as chairman of the Chester County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board and as a member of the East Brandywine Township Planning Commission. 

Schroder spent two academic years serving as a Legislative Fellow at West Chester University, where he offered class lectures and interacted with students. He also acted as a consultant to a senior seminar course in political science, which focused on lawmaking and the legislative process. 

Curt Schroder graduated from Downingtown High School in 1979 and earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He earned his Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law in 1989. 

Schroder worked at the Davey Company, a paper mill formerly located in Downingtown, to help pay his way through college and worked as a law clerk at German, Gallagher and Murtagh while going to law school in the evening. 

He and his wife, the former Deanna K. Doty, reside in Downingtown with their two children, Mark and Kristen. 

Schroder is a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church outside of Guthriesville, where he participates in Hopewell’s Passion Play during the month of June.

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