Virginia House of Delegates · District 86
Virgil Thornton
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Virgil Thornton'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 Virgil Thornton.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Virgil Thornton.
Bills
The bills Virgil Thornton sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 11 |
| Passed both chambers | 6 |
| Became law | 6 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 47 of 99 in the House (tied with 3 others) · 45 of 63 Democrats (tied with 2 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 774 Elections; absentee and provisional ballots, cure process, delayed effective date |
Became law | April 22, 2026 |
| HB 773 Elections; absentee voting, cure process, delayed effective date |
Became law | April 22, 2026 |
| HB 529 Suicide Prevention Program; created, deaths by suicide of veterans or military service members |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 528 Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 1406 Foreign divorce decrees; exercise of power by courts of the Commonwealth, non-domiciled party |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 772 Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived |
Became law | April 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
2 against the Speaker; 2 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 17, 2026 | HB 1524: Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, exceptions, penalty Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 17, 2026 | HB 161: Virginia Lottery; internet gaming authorized, definitions, penalties, effective clause Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Virgil Thornton 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
- delvthornton@house.virginia.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 802, General Assembly Building 201 N. 9th St., Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-1086 - District office
- P.O. Box 7015, Hampton, VA 23666
757-732-1397
Committees
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- Counties, Cities and Towns
- Courts of Justice
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