Virginia House of Delegates · District 23
Margaret Franklin
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Margaret Franklin'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 Margaret Franklin.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Margaret Franklin.
Bills
The bills Margaret Franklin sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 9 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 64 of 99 in the House (tied with 10 others) · 54 of 63 Democrats (tied with 5 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 1403 Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1401 Eminent domain; certificate of take, description of property |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1400 Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings |
Became law | April 13, 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
5 against the Speaker; 5 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most 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 | 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 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) |
Every roll call
How Margaret Franklin voted on each of the 1,569 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
- delmfranklin@house.virginia.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 816, General Assembly Building 201 N. 9th St., Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-1023 - District office
- P.O. Box 4084, Woodbridge, VA 22194
Committees
- Counties, Cities and Towns
- Finance
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