13 Facts About Greg Brophy

Greg Brophy is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 63rd district from 2003 to 2005, and in the Colorado Senate from the 1st district from 2005 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party.

Greg Brophy graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in animal sciences in 1988.

Greg Brophy married Angela, with whom he had three children.

Greg Brophy won reelection in the 2004 election after defeating Democratic nominee James L Bowen.

Greg Brophy was reelected in the 2006 election against Democratic nominee Bowen and in the 2010 election against Democratic nominee Michael Bowman.

Greg Brophy worked as the chief of staff for Representatives Ken Buck for fourteen months until 2016.

Greg Brophy introduced legislation which would have prohibited illegal immigrants from receiving worker compensation insurance benefits as a way to discourage the employment of illegal immigrants.

Greg Brophy co-sponsored a resolution by David Schultheis which would make English the official language of public entities in Colorado, require police to enforce immigration laws, and for voters to prove their citizenship in order to vote.

Greg Brophy opposed a resolution that criticized President Bush for sending more soldiers to Iraq stating that "we ought not to be inflaming passions unnecessarily".

Greg Brophy opposed legislation which would require drivers to wear a seatbelt stating that police shouldn't have another reason to pull drivers over.

Greg Brophy proposed legislation to have Colorado permanently use daylight saving time, but the legislation failed in the Appropriations senate committee by a vote of six to four.

In 2008, Greg Brophy jokingly offered an amendment to change anti-discrimination legislation that would expand protections to homosexual people to instead protect short people from discrimination.

Greg Brophy later withdrew the amendment and apologized for it after Senator Jennifer Veiga criticized him.