Virginia House of Delegates · District 4

Charniele Herring

Democratic

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Herring
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Charniele Herring'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

Virginia House of Delegates20thpercentile
More liberal than 79% of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Most liberalMost conservative
21st most liberal of 99
Votes with the Speaker
99%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Charniele Herring.

On 963 contested votes where both voted99% on all 1,558 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
99%
Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Charniele Herring.

On 849 party-line votesPartisan rank: 4 of 99 in the House (tied with 55 others)3 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Charniele Herring sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Charniele Herring
Bills
Sponsored13
Passed both chambers12
Became law12
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 19 of 99 in the House (tied with 3 others) · 19 of 63 Democrats (tied with 3 others)

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

Bills that passed both chambers: Charniele Herring
BillResultFinal action
HB 768
Custody and visitation arrangements for minor; custody evaluation, report
Became law May 14, 2026
HB 627
Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty
Became law May 14, 2026
HB 711
Solar facilities; local regulation, permits, special exceptions
Became law April 22, 2026
HB 898
Electric utilities, certain; SCC to determine maximum amount of fees for disconnection, etc
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 884
Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 828
Electric utilities; disconnection reports, State Corporation Commission database, annual summary
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 683
Solar Interconnection Grant Program; established, report, sunset
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 400
Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on tax credit, extends sunset
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 398
Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 397
Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program
Became law April 13, 2026
HB 770
Public utilities; water and sewerage companies, discounted rates for low-income customers
Became law April 6, 2026
HB 781
Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters)
Became law Feb. 6, 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

12 against the Speaker; 12 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Charniele Herring
DateBill and motion Their voteSpeakerMost of their party
March 14, 2026 SB 661: Va. Small Business Economic Dev. Act; established, regulation and taxation of skill game machines
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 14, 2026 SB 756: Casino gaming; eligible host localities
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 14, 2026 SB 661: Va. Small Business Economic Dev. Act; established, regulation and taxation of skill game machines
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 14, 2026 HB 1272: Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties, sunset
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 14, 2026 HB 1272: Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties, sunset
Conference Committee Report
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 4, 2026 SB 756: Casino gaming; eligible host localities
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 4, 2026 SB 230: Police and court records; expungement of records, delayed effective date
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 4, 2026 SB 756: Casino gaming; eligible host localities
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 3, 2026 SB 661: Va. Small Business Economic Dev. Act; established, regulation and taxation of skill game machines
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026 HB 1272: Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties, sunset
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 6, 2026 HB 16: Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Jan. 28, 2026 HB 301: Adult adoptees; access to vital records
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Charniele Herring voted on each of the 1,577 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Charniele Herring
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–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
house.vga.virginia.gov
Email
delcherring@house.virginia.gov
Capitol office
Room 1402, General Assembly Building 201 N. 9th St., Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-1004
District office
P.O. Box 11779, Alexandria, VA 22312
703-606-9705

Committees

  • Rules Vice chair
  • Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  • Appropriations
  • Health and Human Services

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