Bryan B. King (born September 16, 1968) is a
Republican politician serving in the
Arkansas Senate representing the 28th district (
Carroll and
Madison County and parts of
Boone,
Crawford
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, and
Johnson counties). He previously served in the Senate from 2013 to 2019, and in the
Arkansas House of Representatives
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from 2007 to 2013.
Early life
He was born in
Springdale, Arkansas,
and graduated from
Green Forest High School
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in
Green Forest
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in Carroll County. He received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from the
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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at the
University of Arkansas.
Career
He owns Triple K Farms in Green Forest.
From 2007 to 2013, he served as a Republican member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives
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for District 91.
He was a member of the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, the Arkansas Legislative Council, where he was chairman of the Personnel Committee, the Joint Budget Committee and the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee.
From 2013 to 2019, he has served as state senator.
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As such, he is the chairman of Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and a member of the Senate Judiciary, Senate State Agencies Governmental Affairs, Senate Rules, Resolutions & Memorials, Joint Performance Review, Joint Budget Committee (JBC), the Arkansas Legislative Council and JBC Claims. In January 2013, he introduced a bill allowing concealed carry handgun
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s in churches or other places of worship.[Larry Henry]
Gun Measures Popping Up In Arkansas Legislature
, '' KFSM-TV'', January 17, 2013
When King moved to the Senate, the Republican Dan Douglas of Bentonville ran without opposition for King's District 91 House seat.
Personal life
He attends the Church on the Hill Assembly of God in Berryville in Carroll County.
References
1968 births
Living people
People from Springdale, Arkansas
People from Carroll County, Arkansas
University of Arkansas alumni
Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Republican Party Arkansas state senators
Farmers from Arkansas
21st-century American politicians
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