Senate of Virginia · District 40
Barbara Favola
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Barbara Favola's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Barbara Favola.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Barbara Favola.
Bills
The bills Barbara Favola sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 24 |
| Passed both chambers | 16 |
| Became law | 16 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 12 of 40 in the Senate · 12 of 21 Democrats
A bill's sponsor is its chief patron, as the General Assembly lists it; chief co-patrons and co-patrons aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 199 Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties |
Became law | May 20, 2026 |
| SB 125 Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; powers and duties, report |
Became law | April 22, 2026 |
| SB 70 Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 64 Juveniles; commitment to DJJ, petition to extend duration of indeterminate commitment |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 418 Therapeutic interchange; authorizes pharmacists to perform, adaptation of prescriptions |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 332 Medical marijuana; administration to terminally ill patients |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 171 Minor elementary or secondary school students admitted to inpatient treatment; discl. of discharge |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 38 Firearms; transfers to another person from a prohibited person |
Became law | April 10, 2026 |
| SB 34 Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 257 Health insurance; requirements for certain opioid antagonists |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 247 Nursing homes; application to Commissioner of Health for change of operator license, civil penalty |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 177 Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, consumer reproductive/sexual health information |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 58 Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 421 Pharmacist; remote verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 37 Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 33 Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding |
Became law | April 2, 2026 |
Budget projects
Virginia's budget is changed item by item through amendments that each name the legislator who proposed them, but these pages don't count budget amendments yet.
Contested votes where they split
21 against the Senate Majority Leader; 8 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Barbara Favola voted on each of the 1,609 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- apps.senate.virginia.gov
- senatorfavola@senate.virginia.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 509, General Assembly Building P.O. Box 396, Richmond, VA 23218
804-698-7540 - District office
- P.O. Box 687, Arlington, VA 22216
703-721-8582
Committees
- Education and Health Chair
- Courts of Justice
- Finance and Appropriations
- Rehabilitation and Social Services
- Rules
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Virginia General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Virginia General Assembly's floor vote records, Jan. 14, 2026 to June 29, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections