100th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session

Representative Chris Dinkins

Representative
Chris Dinkins

District 144

Republican
Majority Caucus Secretary

Elected:	2018
Years Served:	4
Hometown:	Annapolis
Counties:

Committees

Economic Development

Joint Committee on Legislative Research

Professional Registration and Licensing

Capitol Address

Address:

MO House of Representatives
201 West Capitol Avenue
Room 110-B
Jefferson City MO 65101

Phone:

573-751-2112

E-Mail:

Chris.Dinkins@house.mo.gov

Biography

Rep. Chris Dinkins, a Republican, represents Iron County and parts of Washington, Wayne and Reynolds Counties (District 144) in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was elected to her first term in a special election February, 2018.

In addition to her legislative duties, Rep. Dinkins is a former public school teacher who still substitutes at local schools throughout the district when called upon. Rep. Dinkins and her husband are small business owners in Reynolds County where they own and operate a campground and float outfitter. Prior to her election, Rep. Dinkins served as a legislative assistant in the House of Representatives for Representatives Jim Neely and Paul Fitzwater.

Rep. Dinkins is a graduate of Clearwater R-1 High School and received her Bachelors of Administration from Central Methodist University and her Master of Education from Webster University.

Born in Piedmont, Missouri, Rep. Dinkins currently resides in Annapolis with her husband Dave Dinkins on their family farm. They attend Happy Zion General Baptist Church of Annapolis, have two children, Joshua (Blair) Dinkins and Brett Dinkins, and are proud grandparents to Greyson and Asher Dinkins.

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HB 1292 - (3952H.03C)
Allows landowners or a landowner's agent to use night vision devices or thermal imaging devices when hunting feral hogs.

HB 1293 - (3421H.02P)
Modifies a provision relating to sexual offenders who are Tier I sexual offenders.

HB 1294 - (3667H.01I)
Enacts requirements relating to display of and instruction about the national motto of the United States, "In God We Trust."

HB 1295 - (3714H.02I)
Creates new provisions related to firearm safety instruction.

HB 1296 - (3672H.01P)
Prohibits two-way telecommunications devices and their component parts in correctional centers and jails.

HB 1297 - (3424H.01I)
Modifies the offense of false impersonation by including a person who falsely represents himself or herself to a law enforcement officer upon being lawfully detained.

HB 1298 - (3402H.01I)
Modifies provisions relating to school teacher and employee retirement allowances.

HB 1299 - (3647H.01I)
Authorizes the conveyance of certain state property.

HB 1300 - (3779H.02C)
Modifies provisions relating to vital records.

HB 1301 - (3473H.01I)
Modifies provisions relating to school protection officers.

HB 1302 - (3495H.01I)
Limits private campground owner liability.

HB 1303 - (3403H.01I)
Establishes the "Prioritization of Public Funding for Family Planning Act."

HB 1304 - (3534H.01I)
Prohibits the use of a hand-held wireless communication device within a school zone.

HB 1817 - (4481H.02P)
Excludes certain administrative penalties from the calculation of local effort in Iron County.

HB 1818 - (4475H.01P)
Removes increases in the amount received from fines for school purposes from the calculation of local effort for school districts.

HB 2121 - (4827H.04C)
Modifies provisions relating to the selection of Department of Revenue fee offices.

HB 2125 - (4877H.02C)
Modifies provisions relating to emergency medical services.

HB 2237 - (4408H.01I)
Prohibits the performance of dismemberment abortions.

HB 2295 - (5116H.01I)
Requires assessors to use an income-based approach to assess mining properties.

HB 2548 - (5403H.01I)
Establishes procedures for the distribution of moneys received from mining royalties on federal land within the state.

HB 2703 - (5598H.01I)
Requires the Department of Conservation to establish a grant program for counties to assist with feral hog control.

HB 2735 - (5710H.01I)
Renames "Jay Nixon State Park" as "Proffit Mountain State Park."

HCR 81 - (5266H.01I)
Urges the USDA Forest Service to rescind the order prohibiting feral swine hunting in the Mark Twain National Forest.

HJR 59 - (3481H.01I)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to assert the right of Missourians to hunt and fish.

HJR 107 - (4433H.01I)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the conservation sales and use tax to provide funding for the conservation department, the veterans' commission, and the sexual assault forensic examination program.

HJR 108 - (5044H.01I)
Modifies the conservation commission membership composition and requires the election of the commissioners.

HJR 112 - (5296H.01I)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the conservation sales and use tax to provide funding for the conservation department, the veterans' commission, and the sexual assault forensic examination program.

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