[3] Frank was reared in Wichita Falls and graduated from S. H. Rider High School, a public institution.

[4] 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.

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

In the general election on November 6, 2012, Frank defeated a Libertarian opponent, Richard Brown, 87–13 percent.

The House vote for passage was 78 to 61, but the bill, after approval in the Texas Senate, was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry.

The legislation drew opposition from Democrats and progressives on the premise that the law could be employed to discriminate against homosexuals, Jews, and Muslims.