Virginia House of Delegates · District 15
Laura Jane Cohen
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Laura Jane Cohen'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 House member, by party; the dot is Laura Jane Cohen.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Laura Jane Cohen.
Bills
The bills Laura Jane Cohen sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 22 |
| Passed both chambers | 14 |
| Became law | 14 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 11 of 99 in the House (tied with 6 others) · 11 of 63 Democrats (tied with 6 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
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 460 Small Business & Supplier Diversity, Dept. of; powers & duties, employment services organizations |
Became law | April 22, 2026 |
| HB 468 Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 465 Behavior Analysis, Advisory Board on; amends composition |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 462 Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 461 Special education; certain educational settings, student age range restriction |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1353 Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1287 Veterinarians; amending applications of licensure, etc |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 469 Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators, training |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 466 State Corporation Commission; time frame for completion of certain proceedings |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 459 Hate crimes; crime victim's right to nondisclosure of certain information |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 201 School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1352 Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1347 Psilocybin; Board of Pharmacy to reschedule upon federal scheduling changes |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 612 Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons, repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition |
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
13 against the Speaker; 13 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Laura Jane Cohen voted on each of the 1,577 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | 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
- house.vga.virginia.gov
- delljcohen@house.virginia.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 1003, General Assembly Building 201 N. 9th St., Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-1015 - District office
- P.O. Box 273, Burke, VA 22009
703-261-9171
Committees
- Counties, Cities and Towns
- Health and Human Services
- Labor and Commerce
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