PHIL KING is a State Representative for the 61st District in the Texas Legislature. He has provided key leadership in passing some of Texas most sweeping public policy legislation, including Senate Bill 5, which modernized Texas telecommunications laws. SB 5 has been hailed nationally for its groundbreaking provisions in opening the cable television market to greater competition and its impact on technology investment in Texas. For his leadership on SB 5, King was named a Legislator of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a bi-partisan organization of over 2,400 state legislators committed to Jeffersonian
principles of limited government, free enterprise, federalism, and individual liberty. Currently,
King is a practicing attorney in Weatherford with the firm of Eggleston, Flowers & King, LLP.
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