| Wayne Wallingford | |
| State House: | Missouri |
| District: | 147th |
| Term Start: | January 6, 2021 |
| Term End: | January 3, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Kathryn Swan |
| Successor: | John Voss |
| State Senate1: | Missouri |
| District1: | 27th |
| Term Start1: | January 9, 2013 |
| Term End1: | January 6, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Jason Crowell |
| Successor1: | Holly Rehder |
| State House2: | Missouri |
| District2: | 158th |
| Term Start2: | January 5, 2011 |
| Term End2: | January 9, 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Clint Tracy |
| Successor2: | Scott Fitzpatrick |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Geneva, Illinois |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
Wayne Wallingford (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician who has served as Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue since January, 2022, and previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 147th district.[1] [2] He previously served as a member of the Missouri Senate from 2013 to 2021.[3]
In January 2022, Wallingford became the new director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. Governor Mike Parson announced Wallingford's appointment in December 2021.[4]
Wallingford is a member of Governor Mike Parson's commission on workforce development.[5]
In 2016 and 2017, Wallingford proposed legislation to established a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting after divorce.[6] [7] Wallingford has asserted that most fatherlessness is created by an outdated court system, not abandonment, and that it is in the best interest of a child to have both parents.[6] Neither bill was voted upon. In 2019, Wallingford reintroduced a similar bill (SB.14). After passing the Seniors, Families and Children Committee, it is waiting to be voted on by the full senate.[8]
Wallingford has sponsored legislation to ban texting while driving in Missouri.[9]