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State Representative Bob Thorpe has served in the AZ House since 2013 where he currently is the Chairman of the Government and Higher Education Committee, and also sits on the Education, Federalism and Rules Committees. Thorpe has received numerous awards and recognitions including the most recent ACCCC's Arizona Community Colleges 2016 Legislator of the Year.
Born and raised in Burbank, California, Thorpe now lives in Flagstaff with his wife Donna, and has two grown children Elizabeth and Robert. Thorpe and his wife designed, built and live in their award winning energy-efficient home. With a university B.A degree and several years of graduate studies, Thorpe has over 30-years of business experience including Walt Disney as an “Imagineer,” Price Waterhouse accounting firm and the aerospace industry where he built aircraft training devices for the U.S. Military including the F/A-18, F-16 and the Apache Helicopter. Thorpe both worked and volunteered for over 6-years in K-12 education and 8-years as a high technology instructor at UCLA Extension. Thorpe founded a software business with Fortune 500, international and government clients and has worked at a number of firms in the field of IT, software and website development. In his late 40's, Thorpe served his community for almost 8-years as a certified Arizona volunteer firefighter / EMT and has volunteered as a K-12 robotics competition judge and coach. Thorpe is a student of the U.S. Constitution and authored a book on the topic entitled “Reclaim Liberty” (available on Amazon.com.) Thorpe volunteers at his church and on cattle round-ups on the Navajo Reservation, and is active in conservative political organizations. Thorpe has climbed numerous mountains including the 14,500' high Mt. Whitney (twice) and the 17,800' high Popocatépetl, and is an avid sportsman enjoying outdoor activities including fly-fishing, shooting trap and sporting clays, snow skiing and armature astronomy. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2053 | P* | technical correction; television district establishment (NOW: public assistance; transition plan; report) |
HB2054 | P* | tax notes; definitions; technical correction |
HB2055 | P* | school bonds; technical correction (NOW: sovereign authority; water; United States) |
HB2056 | P* | state bonds; technical correction (NOW: zoning; prohibition) |
HB2057 | P* | technical correction; payment method |
HB2058 | P* | technical correction; electric generation suppliers (NOW: sovereign authority; federal rules; regulations) |
HB2059 | P* | technical correction; voting machines |
HB2064 | P | graduation requirement; civics test |
HB2065 | P* | library trustees; annual report |
HB2071 | C | candidate's residence address; nondisclosure |
HB2082 | P* | vocational and technical education; evaluation |
HB2085 | C | private investigators; security guards; regulation |
HB2086 | C | fingerprint clearance cards; omnibus |
HB2087 | C | sex offender registration; address verification |
HB2088 | C | mental health; veteran; homeless courts. (NOW: magistrates; municipal courts) |
HB2089 | C | aggravated assault; elected officials (NOW: aggravated assault; judicial officers ) |
HB2090 | C | military family relief fund; amount |
HB2091 | C | veterans; in-state tuition |
HB2092 | C | military scholarship special plates |
HB2104 | C | lottery game; veterans' assistance fund |
HB2105 | C | inmate medical services; rate structure |
HB2106 | C | emergency and military affairs; continuation |
HB2107 | C | law enforcement merit system; continuation |
HB2127 | C | board of technical registration; director |
HB2128 | C | leased religious property; class nine |
HB2142 | C | water infrastructure finance authority; prepayment |
HB2143 | P* | personal disguises; crime evasion |
HB2144 | P* | office of film and media |
HB2145 | P* | convention; delegates; limitations; oath |
HB2146 | P* | PSPRS; service weapon; purchase |
HB2155 | C | state transportation board; tribal representation |
HB2157 | C | Native Americans; delayed birth certificates |
HB2161 | C | central Arizona project board; membership |
HB2173 | P | escrow agents; legal tender |
HB2174 | P | empowerment scholarship accounts; grandchildren |
HB2175 | P | public rights-of-way; claims |
HB2176 | P* | legislative appropriations; state; federal; monies (NOW: federal land relinquishment; payments) |
HB2177 | P* | revenue department; technical correction |
HB2178 | P* | technical correction; tax correction (NOW: wine consumption) |
HB2179 | P* | technical correction; transaction privilege tax |
HB2209 | C | government-owned real property; annual report |
HB2213 | P | inspections; audits; notice; rights |
HB2218 | P* | accountancy board; certified public accountants |
HB2219 | P* | state board of accountancy; continuation |
HB2250 | C | empowerment scholarship accounts; applications |
HB2251 | C | corporate tax credits; annual report |
HB2271 | C | hospital information; unlawful concealment; falsification |
HB2272 | P | law enforcement officers; firearm purchase |
HB2273 | C | DUI; drug metabolites |
HB2274 | C | emergency and military affairs omnibus |
HB2314 | C | Arizona wilderness protection |
HB2318 | C | transfer of public lands compact |
HB2320 | P | firearms; permit holders; public places |
HB2321 | C | public lands; conveyance and taxation |
HB2326 | P | compact; balanced budget; convention |
HB2333 | C | tax credit; research activity; refunds |
HB2346 | P | medical marijuana; reimbursement; no requirement |
HB2348 | C | contractor licensure requirements |
HB2363 | P* | county contributions; hospitalization; medical; repeal |
HB2364 | P* | universities; funding revisions |
HB2365 | P* | off-highway vehicles; enforcement |
HB2366 | P* | fire suppression; federal reimbursement |
HB2367 | P* | precinct committeemen; petitions; signatures |
HB2368 | P* | sovereign authority; executive orders; DOJ |
HB2376 | C | traffic complaint quotas; prohibition |
HB2377 | P | law enforcement merit system; determinations |
HB2413 | P | internet representations; civil damages |
HB2431 | P* | uniform firearms transfer compact |
HB2432 | P* | Arizona first responders' day |
HB2433 | P* | rescue operation personnel; limited liability |
HB2441 | C | taxing districts; boundary changes; procedures |
HB2482 | C | student loan bonds |
HB2483 | C | school tax credit; classroom expenses |
HB2490 | P | sexually violent persons; reimbursement; repeal |
HB2500 | C | unpaid leave; employee; military family |
HB2509 | C | aggravated assault; firearms |
HB2517 | C | internet crimes against children; fund |
HB2520 | C | appropriation; grants; reading-intensive programs |
HB2526 | C | governor's regulatory review council; membership |
HB2528 | P* | vehicle right-of-way; buses |
HB2529 | P* | officeholder accounts; creation; contributions |
HB2530 | C | schools; Arizona online instruction (NOW: Arizona online instruction; credit; schools) |
HB2553 | C | human trafficking victim; vacating conviction (NOW: sex trafficking victim; vacating conviction) |
HB2564 | P* | photo radar; law enforcement operation |
HB2565 | P* | ADE; superintendent; outside counsel |
HB2566 | P* | state computers; sensitive electronic data |
HB2571 | C | DCS information; legislator discussion |
HB2575 | C | declaration of disaster; military installations. |
HB2578 | P | real property; purchaser dwelling actions |
HB2579 | C | tobacco retailer; location restriction. |
HB2631 | P* | veteran education; tuition grants; cemeteries |
HB2655 | P | property; diminution; compensation; federal law |
HB2656 | C | child abuse; false reporting; felony |
HB2658 | P | federal lands; transfer; study committee |
HB2659 | C | study committee; unmanned aerial vehicles |
HB2660 | P | domestic water improvement districts; directors |
HB2661 | C | multi-county water districts; storage tax |
HCM2001 | P | federal balanced budget amendment |
HCM2003 | C | urging Congress; increase customs personnel |
HCM2005 | P | federal lands; devolution to Arizona |
HCR2003 | P | application; Article V convention |
HCR2007 | P | Fisher Houses; twenty-fifth anniversary |
HCR2008 | C | Arizona veterans hall of fame |
HCR2014 | P* | hunting and fishing; constitutional rights |
HCR2015 | P* | convention; amendments; balanced federal budget |
HCR2016 | C | personal property tax; exemption |
HCR2026 | P* | affordable care act; unenforceability |
HCR2027 | P* | ballot measures; federal law; super majority |
HCR2034 | C | financial literacy month |
HCR2035 | P* | Arizona state fair foundation; recognition |
HR2005 | P* | death resolution; Officer Tyler Stewart |
SB1030 | C | microbreweries; multiple licenses; production; sales |
SB1072 | C | local planning; residential housing; prohibitions |
SB1078 | C | office of pest management |
SB1079 | C | solid waste collection; multifamily housing |
SB1117 | C | online instruction; state-approved charter authorizers |
SB1136 | C | nursing facility assessment; continuation |
SB1166 | C | health care insurance; utilization review |
SB1290 | P | independent medical examinations; board complaints |
SB1291 | P | firearms; state preemption; penalties |
SB1298 | C | rules; counties; flood control districts |
SB1299 | C | long-term park model spaces; hearings |
SB1305 | C | continuous improvement academic standards committee |
SB1306 | C | schools; data privacy |
SB1332 | P | empowerment scholarship accounts; reservation residences |
SB1404 | C | health care directives; conflicts |
SB1434 | C | empowerment scholarship accounts; open enrollment |
SB1441 | P | official state metal; copper |
SB1443 | P | occupational disease; post-traumatic stress disorder |
SB1444 | C | contact lens pricing; antitrust violation |
SB1445 | P | public records; peace officer's name |
SB1464 | C | student, teacher data collection; prohibitions |
SB1465 | C | distributed energy generation systems; disclosure |
SCM1005 | C | proposing regulation freedom amendment; Congress |
SCM1011 | C | mortgage standards; urging federal government |
SCR1010 | P | Senator Chester Crandell; death resolution |
SCR1019 | P | commending Israel |
SCR1020 | C | Mayor John Driggs; death resolution |