Virginia House of Delegates · District 38
Sam Rasoul
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Sam Rasoul'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 Sam Rasoul.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Sam Rasoul.
Bills
The bills Sam Rasoul sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 20 |
| 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 614 History/soc.science SOL & Curriculum Framework; review of instruction on roles of all peoples |
Became law | April 22, 2026 |
| HB 836 Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 643 School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 332 Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 199 Standards of Learning assessments; through-year growth assessment system eliminated |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 181 Affordable dwelling unit program; adds Roanoke City to list of localities with authority to provide |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1186 Artificial intelligence; use of systems for student instruction |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1073 Advanced leak detection technologies; SCC shall establish standards for use by certain facilities |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 924 Public Instruction, Super. of; state program to support improvement of low-performing schools |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 474 Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 423 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, reduces membership |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 275 Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1486 Public schools; student instruction, addictive potential of time spent using certain electr. device |
Became law | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1153 Community Builders Pilot Program; name change, statewide demonstration model site, repeals sunset |
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
45 against the Speaker; 45 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Sam Rasoul 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
- delsrasoul@house.virginia.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 1107, General Assembly Building 201 N. 9th St., Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-1038 - District office
- P.O. Box 13842, Roanoke, VA 24037
540-904-6905
Committees
- Education Chair
- Health and Human Services
- Public Safety
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