Brian M. Greene is an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 57 from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2018.

Early life and career

Greene earned his BA from

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and his JD from its

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. He works as an attorney and small business owner and lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah with his wife Renee and three children.

Political career

When District 57 incumbent Republican Representative Craig Frank ran for the

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in 2012 and left the seat open, Greene was selected as one of two candidates from the Republican convention for the June Republican Primary which he won with 2,057 votes (55.4%) and won the November General election with 11,029 votes (85.8%) against Democratic nominee Scott Gygi. In 2014, Greene defeated both John Stevens and Holly Richardson in the Republican convention and then continued on to defeat Democratic nominee Michael Plowman in the November 4, 2014 general election with 6,317 votes (82.5%). In 2015, Greene questioned whether sex with an unconscious spouse should be considered rape during a committee hearing on a measure which sought to clarify that sex with an unconscious individual is rape. Greene later apologized for his comments and said media reports had taken his words out of context. During the 2016 legislative session, Greene served on the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Judiciary Committee as well as the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.

2016 sponsored legislation

Representative Greene also floor sponsore
SB0090S04 Falsification of Information in a Protective Order Proceeding

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign siteBrian Greene
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Brian M. Greene
at the National Institute on Money in State Politics {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Brian Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Brigham Young University alumni J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives People from Pleasant Grove, Utah Utah lawyers 21st-century American politicians