Debra Gardner

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Bills this legislator primary-sponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 240 Admission to bail; fixing terms of bail, mental health considerations. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HB 235 Elections; districts, precincts, and polling places, pilot program for super precincts. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HB 143 Surplus real property; prioritization of disposition for affordable and middle-income housing. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HR 2037 Celebrating the life of Wilhelmina Gregory James. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2031 Commending Al Madina School of Richmond. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 129 Celebrating the life of Evelyn Willinette Morris-Harris. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 16, 2026
• HB 283 Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 355 Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 211 Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026

Bills this legislator coauthored or cosponsored. Data from OpenStates.

• HB 96 School breakfast; availability at no cost to students. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HJ 17 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HB 1398 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report. · Passed One Chamber · Jul 21, 2026
• HB 372 Income tax, state; removes sunset from and makes permanent increase in refundable earned tax credit. · Introduced · Jul 21, 2026
• HR 2179 Commending Grady James, Ph.D. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2074 Commending Colonel James T. O'Kelley, USMCR (Ret.). · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2100 Celebrating the life of Tarun Mehta. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2172 Celebrating the life of Dawann Anthony Steagall, Jr. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2164 Commending the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2127 Commending Croaker's Spot. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2059 Celebrating the life of Susan Bulkley Kellom. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2126 Commending Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2095 Commending Marni Pilafian. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2058 Celebrating the life of Alice Irene Cohan. · Passed One Chamber · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2085 Commending the Hampton Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2149 Commending Teddy Riley. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2123 Commending the Peninsula Alcohol Safety Action Program. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2129 Commending the Central Virginia Transportation Authority. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2128 Commending Providence Park Baptist Church. · Passed Legislature · Jun 30, 2026
• HR 2045 Celebrating the life of Madison Warner. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2009 Commending Land of Promise Church. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2002 Commending the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2001 Commending Brigadier General Terrence A. Adams, USAF. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2004 Commending St. John Baptist Church of Woodford. · Passed Legislature · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 2011 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marian Van Landingham. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 267 Commending the Franklin High School boys' basketball team. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 233 Commending the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 194 Commending the first Black voters in Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 235 Commending Kathy Glazer. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 206 Commending Sabrina Sklute. · Passed Legislature · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 231 Celebrating the life of Ola Parker Willoughby. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 20, 2026
• HR 123 Commending the Fredericksburg Frogs. · Passed Legislature · Apr 16, 2026
• HR 37 Commending the Walk for Peace. · Passed Legislature · Apr 16, 2026
• HB 229 Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services. · To Executive · Apr 15, 2026
• HJ 283 Commending Sergeant Dianne M. Dowdy. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 18 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 173 State correctional facilities; visitation policies, annual report. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 14 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 301 Adult adoptees; access to vital records. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 597 Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, voluntary contributions, report. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 396 Charitable gaming; definitions, Texas Hold'em poker tournaments, minimum age to participate. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 601 Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 392 Sickle cell disease education and screening program; cancer risk. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 569 Public works contracts; prevailing wage rate, definitions, civil penalty. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HR 57 Commending the Greater Fredericksburg Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1263 Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 967 Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 969 Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 965 National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1207 Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 288 Education, Department of; website posting of certain instructional resources. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 27 Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• SB 322 National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 311 Commending Virginia Youth Poet Laureate. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1490 Child abuse or neglect; establishes centralized hotline for reports or complaints, report. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1391 Sickle Cell Coordinated Access Network; established. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1446 School nurses; sickle cell disease training. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 1403 Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established. · Became Law · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 773 Elections; absentee voting, cure process, delayed effective date. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 234 Elections; general provisions, electoral board members to wear identification, civil penalty. · To Executive · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 279 Commending Andrea Miller. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 276 Commending Meredith Farrar-Owens. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 280 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald Edward Connolly. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 267 Commending Community Eligibility Provision schools in Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 245 Commending the veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ 277 Commending the National Women's Political Caucus of Virginia. · Passed Legislature · Apr 13, 2026
• HB 95 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. · To Executive · Apr 12, 2026
• HB 5 Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. · To Executive · Apr 12, 2026
• HB 328 Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 848 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow, relief. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 1173 Virginia Human Rights Act; reasonable accommodation for known limitations related to menopause. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 964 Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 1182 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 215 Voter registration; list maintenance, third-party data exchanges approved by State Bd. of Elections. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HB 1441 Law-enforcement agencies; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement. · To Executive · Apr 11, 2026
• HJ 170 Celebrating the life of Horace Christopher Belcher. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 206 Commending the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 165 Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thomas Bulova, USAR. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 87 Day of Remembrance for Victims of Lynching in Virginia. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 198 Commending Brad Hughes. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 135 Commending Joseph P. Casey Ph.D. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 131 Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 92 Commending the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Workers. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 120 Celebrating the life of Lucille Murray Brown. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 134 Commending George B. Hayes. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 153 Celebrating the life of Sincere B. Allah. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 91 Celebrating the life of Gladys Mae West. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 177 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Barry D. Knight. · Passed Legislature · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ 233 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Franklin James West, Sr. · Passed One Chamber · Apr 9, 2026
• HB 488 Wage garnishment; state tax debt. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 1147 Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 6 Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 528 Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act; approval without a hearing. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 15 Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 1 Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 4 Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty. · Became Law · Apr 8, 2026
• HB 705 Health Ed. SOL & Curriculum Framework; Board of Education to include water safety instruction. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 116 School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 1036 Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 1404 Local government; appointment of youth representative. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 78 Elections administration; duties of local electoral boards, certification of election, etc. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 1333 Paid firefighters; hours of work. · Became Law · Apr 6, 2026
• HB 195 Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding. · Became Law · Apr 2, 2026
• HB 38 Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements. · Became Law · Apr 2, 2026
• HJ 18 Miller, Yvonne Bond; portrait thereof to be framed and placed in the Capitol. · Passed Legislature · Apr 1, 2026
• HJ 2 Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
• HJ 3 Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
• HJ 4 Constitutional amendment; apportionment, congress dists, limited authority of the GA to modify. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
• HJ 1 Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. · Passed Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
• SJ 253 Commending the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. · Passed Legislature · Mar 25, 2026
• HB 1272 Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties, sunset. · Passed Legislature · Mar 14, 2026
• SJ 156 Celebrating the life of Christian A. Jurgensen III. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 14, 2026
• HR 373 Commending the Richmond Free Press. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 11, 2026
• HR 324 Commending the Phi Beta Kappa Society. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 10, 2026
• SJ 130 Celebrating the life of Eddie L. Radden, Jr. · Passed One Chamber · Mar 5, 2026
• SJ 129 Commending the Virginia Black Restaurant Experience. · Passed Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
• SJ 106 Commending Curtis Allen. · Passed Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
• HB 138 Public high schools; career coach required. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
• HB 596 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; interagency implementation group, report. · Introduced · Feb 18, 2026
• SJ 83 Commending the Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work. · Passed Legislature · Feb 17, 2026
• HB 372 Income tax, state; removes sunset from and makes permanent increase in refundable earned tax credit. · Introduced · Feb 11, 2026
• HJ 17 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition. · Introduced · Feb 6, 2026