Brian Bosma

Brian C. Bosma (born October 31, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who served as speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006 and 2010 to 2020.

Outside of state politics, Bosma is in an attorney in private practice, working as a partner with Kroger, Gardis & Regas and is the founding director of Bosma Industries for the Blind, an Indianapolis-based private non-profit which serves as Indiana's largest employer of legally blind individuals and those with severe visual impairments.

At Purdue, Bosma received a Bachelor of Science in engineering in 1981 and was a member of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity.

[11] After passing the Indiana Bar, Bosma began working as an associate attorney with Bingham Summers Welsh and Spilman.

[10] After leaving the state education department, Bosma reentered private practice and joined as a partner at Indianapolis-based Kroger, Gardis and Regas, LLP in 1986.

[17] A few years after the renaming to Bosma Industries, members of the Indiana Legislature, becoming increasingly concerned with the cost and effectiveness of the program, had ultimately removed all state funding for the facility.

In 1988, 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.

As Speaker of the 114th General Assembly, Bosma and the House Republicans worked to revitalize Indiana's economy, passed a balanced budget, adopted sweeping telecommunications reform, and created the position of Inspector General to expose and prevent fraud and corruption in state government.

As Speaker of the 117th General Assembly, Bosma focused on education reform through the House Republicans "Strengthen Indiana Plan.

[24] The 2014 House Republican "Indiana Working on Progress" agenda focuses on career preparation, increasing funding for key road projects, and cutting taxes and burdensome red tape.

[28] 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.

Yet further stated, "... that a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized."

[38] Together, they have two children; one daughter, Allison, who is a graduate from Purdue, and one son, Christopher, who is a student at the Indiana University School of Medicine.