Virginia

Virginia: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

200 bills: 63 Anti-LGBTQ+, 137 Pro-LGBTQ+. 28 are enacted (1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 27 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed16659107
Enacted28127
Vetoed633

Most recent bills

All 200 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Virginia: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Virginia, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01020302004: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 9 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 17 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 8 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+, 9 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 11 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 13 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 28 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 8 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 11 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 13 Anti-LGBTQ+, 15 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 8 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 10 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Virginia, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Virginia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152014: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2020: 12 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Virginia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202616106404
20251798202
2024281315606
202311110000
2022550000
2021808303
20202802812012
201913013000
201811011000
20171569000
20161578000
201517017000
20141129110
2013101000
2012101000
2011202000
2004101000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents1376
Bathrooms & facilities660
Sports participation17170
Youth gender-affirming care12102
Adult gender-affirming care202
Medicaid & public funding for care110
Insurance coverage606
Schools & curriculum1468
DEI & bias training110
Drag & public expression220
Book bans & censorship651
Pronouns, names & outing220
Marriage, family & custody671057
Nondiscrimination protections67760
Hate crimes404
Religious exemptions990
Conversion therapy422
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law28028
Symbolic resolutions & recognition1385

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Marriage Equality56056
Housing Nondiscrimination31031
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws28028
Employment Nondiscrimination26026
Sports Ban: K1217170
Sports Ban: SWSA17170
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination14014
Sports Ban: Colleges12120
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors990
Broad Nondiscrimination808
Credit Nondiscrimination707
Education Nondiscrimination707
Show the other 53 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
End Legal Recognition660
Insurance Nondiscrimination606
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12660
Birth Certificate Or Identification505
Forced Outing: Schools550
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Under 21440
Healthcare Nondiscrimination404
Holiday/Recognition404
Religious Exemptions: Marriage440
Religious Exemptions: Solemnization440
Anti-Bullying303
Child Custody Bill330
Discrimination in Education330
Hate Crime Classification303
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education330
Religious Exemptions: MRFA330
Religious Exemptions: Medical330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties330
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage220
Censorship: Book Ban220
Censorship: Drag Ban220
Child Custody Bill: DACPA220
Conversion Therapy Ban202
Conversion Therapy Legalization220
Discrimination in Healthcare220
End Legal Recognition: WBR220
Forced Outing220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA220
Religious Exemptions220
Safe State Bill202
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges220
Algorithmic Nondiscrimination101
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban: K12101
Birth Certificate or Identification101
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Censorship: Online Obscenity110
Child Custody Nondiscrimination101
Discrimination in Housing110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12110
End Trans Panic Defense101
Forced Outing: Schools: Trans110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds110
Misgendering: Forced110
Misgendering: Permitted110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA110
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE110
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination110
Social Transition Ban110
Supportive Resolution101
Trans Child Abuse110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
SenateEducation and Health on
HouseK-12 Subcommittee on
SenateEducation and Health on
SenateEducation and Health on
SenateEducation and Health on
SenateEducation & Health on
HouseK-12 Subcommittee on
SenateRules Committee on
SenateEducation and Health on
HouseEducation on

All 16 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Adam EbbinDSenatorSD-03940
Mark SicklesDRepresentativeHD-01734
Patrick HopeDRepresentativeHD-00129
Alfonso LopezDRepresentativeHD-00328
Kaye KoryDRepresentativeHD-03827
Mark LevineDRepresentativeHD-04526
Kenneth PlumDRepresentativeHD-03624
Marcus SimonDRepresentativeHD-01324
Betsy CarrDRepresentativeHD-07822
Sam RasoulDRepresentativeHD-03822

All 241 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 1:26-cv-01768E.D. Va.District2026
Case 3:26-cv-00775E.D. Va.District2026
Case 1:25-cv-00582E.D. Va.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00583E.D. Va.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-01536E.D. Va.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-01662E.D. Va.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-01991E.D. Va.District2025
Case c18484585E.D. Va.District2020
Case n2021b64ef9E.D. Va.District2020
Case nccf6b3b0ebE.D. Va.District2018

All 12 court cases

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.