15 Facts About James Frank

James Boisfeuillet Frank was born on November 23,1966 and is a businessman from Wichita Falls, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 69, which encompasses Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Knox, and Wichita counties in North Texas.

Since 2000, Frank has owned the Sharp Iron Group, a 130-employee company in Wichita Falls involved in sheet metal and the manufacturing of electrical controls.

James Frank is the vice-chairman of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

James Frank is a board member of the Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise located at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.

James Frank is a deacon at First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls.

When Lanham Lyne, the one-term Republican state representative in District 69, who had been mayor of Wichita Falls from 2005 to 2010, declined to seek reelection to the House, James Frank ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2012.

In February 2013, newly inaugurated Representative James Frank was elected by his colleagues to the House Republican Caucus Policy Committee as the West Texas representative on the panel.

James Frank voted for Texas House Bill 2, which prohibited abortion after 20 weeks of gestation and required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

James Frank voted to require narcotics testing of those receiving unemployment compensation.

James Frank voted against a free breakfast program for public school students.

James Frank voted to forbid the use of state funds to enforce national gun control laws.

James Frank voted to reduce the required hours for concealed handgun training courses.

James Frank supported the authorization of concealed handguns on college campuses.

In other legislative votes, James Frank opposed a bill, not yet enacted, to forbid texting while driving.

James Frank supported the extension of the exemption of certain businesses from the franchise tax.