Brian C Bosma was born on October 31,1957 and is an American politician and lawyer who served as speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006 and 2010 to 2020.
26 Facts About Brian Bosma
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Brian Bosma was originally elected in the 50th district, but was redistricted to the 88th district in 1992.
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Brian Bosma served his first term as speaker until 2006, when Democrats gained control of the House, and served five more terms as speaker after Republicans won control in the 2010 elections.
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On November 19,2019, Brian Bosma announced his retirement from the Indiana House of Representatives at the end of the 2020 legislative session.
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Brian Bosma was born in Beech Grove, Indiana to parents Margaret and Charles Bosma.
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Brian Bosma's mother was a kindergarten teacher, while his father, a United States Army officer in World War II and businessman, served in the Indiana State Senate from 1962 to 1980.
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Brian Bosma's grandfather, who immigrated from the Netherlands with his eleven brothers and sisters, was a dairy operator and founded Bosma Dairy Barn, where Brian worked growing up.
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Brian Bosma graduated from Beech Grove High School, where he played on the school's basketball team, and subsequently attended Purdue University.
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At Purdue, Brian Bosma received a Bachelor of Science in engineering in 1981 and was a member of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity.
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Brian Bosma went on to study at Indiana University's Robert H McKinney School of Law, where graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1984 and was then admitted to the Indiana State Bar Association and became a member of the American Bar Association later that year.
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Brian Bosma worked at the law firm from 1984 to 1985 upon becoming a legislative adviser in the Indiana Department of Education, a position he held from 1985 to 1986, where he served as the legislative liaison to Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction H Dean Evans.
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Brian Bosma has since continued to work as a partner at Kroger, Gardis and Regas outside of his work in the Indiana House's legislative sessions, where he practices governmental law, environmental law, construction law and real estate law and is the chairman of the firms' environmental practice group.
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The facility of Brian Bosma Industries was initially a public institution created by the Indiana Legislature in 1915 and was known as the Board of Industrial Aid for the Blind, having been operated in part by Indiana's Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
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In 1988, Brian Bosma became its founding director under private leadership, while maintaining over $1 million in contracts with the state; providing powdered food and drink mixes to prisons run by the Indiana Department of Corrections.
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Brian Bosma was first elected in 1986 to represent House District 88, which today encompasses the northeast portion of Marion County, a portion of southern Hamilton County and the western part of Hancock County.
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Brian Bosma served as the Republican Minority Floor Leader from 1994 to 1999.
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Brian Bosma was then selected to serve as the Republican Minority Leader from 2000 to 2004 and again from 2006 to 2010.
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In 2012, Brian Bosma co-authored legislation making Indiana the 23rd Right to Work state.
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Additionally, to encourage greater participation in the legislative process, Brian Bosma opened House floor proceedings and House committee meetings to all Hoosiers via the Internet.
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On November 21,2011, Brian Bosma announced that his number one priority during the 2012 legislative session would focus on making Indiana the 23rd Right to Work state.
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HB 1001, legislation co-authored by Brian Bosma to make Indiana a Right to Work state, passed from the Indiana House the last week of January in 2012.
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Brian Bosma became involved in the same-sex marriage debate when a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of Indiana came before the House Judiciary Committee.
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The House Judiciary Committee did not make the decision in the end, when Brian Bosma planned either to replace committee members or send the bill to a more favorable committee.
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Brian Bosma chose the latter and the House Elections committee met to make a decision on the bill on January 22,2014.
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Brian Bosma is a Protestant and attends Grace Community Church in Noblesville, Indiana, where he serves on the church's governing board.
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Brian Bosma is a discussion leader with the Bible Study Fellowship.