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Republican
· Delegate
Chris Runion
Represents District 35 in the House of Delegates.
Votes with Republicans
96%
on 966 party-line votes · House Republicans median 93%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 2,483 of 2,496 roll calls · House median 99%
Their bills that became law
11 of 23
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 9
Roll calls on record
2,496
2026 Regular Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Regular Session.
How Chris Runion votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Chris Runion sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Chris Runion is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
36 of 966 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
SB597 · Wage garnishments; treasurers' liens for unpaid taxes and charges.
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 20-N 0-A) · 2026-04-22 · Passed 76–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB536 · Medical malpractice information disclosures; report.
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 21-N 0-A) · 2026-04-22 · Passed 76–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB536 · Medical malpractice information disclosures; report.
Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A) · 2026-03-14 · Passed 78–18 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB253 · Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals.
In plain English Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company to fund energy assistance and weatherization pilot programs at specified annual amounts through July 1, 2038, among other changes.
Conference report agreed to by House (73-Y 23-N 0-A) · 2026-03-14 · Passed 73–23 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1208 · Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report.
Conference report agreed to by House (76-Y 20-N 0-A) · 2026-03-14 · Passed 76–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB190 · Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students.
Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 30-N 0-A) · 2026-03-14 · Passed 66–30 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB648 · Counties, cities, & towns; members of governing body, continuing personal interest in transactions.
Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 28-N 0-A) · 2026-03-13 · Passed 66–28 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1443 · Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N 0-A) · 2026-03-11 · Passed 74–24 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1325 · Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; landlord obligations.
Senate amendments agreed to by House (79-Y 19-N 0-A) · 2026-03-10 · Passed 79–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB446 · Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; expands authority to exercise power of eminent domain.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A) · 2026-03-06 · Passed 78–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1272 · Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties, sunset.
Conference report rejected by House (46-Y 47-N 1-A) · 2026-03-14 · Failed 46–47
SB637 · Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination.
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) · 2026-02-26 · Passed 4–2
SB433 · Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc.
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) · 2026-02-26 · Passed 4–2
HB944 · Workplace violence; policy required for certain employers, civil penalty, delayed effective date.
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) · 2026-02-12 · Passed 4–2
HB636 · Prospective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 2-N) · 2026-02-05 · Passed 4–2
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
John McAuliffDemocrat · District 30 · 829 shared contested votes
17%
Sam RasoulDemocrat · District 38 · 947 shared contested votes
14%
Cia PriceDemocrat · District 85 · 951 shared contested votes
13%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (13 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Chris Runion was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced23
Out of committee12
Passed one chamber11
Passed both chambers11
Became law11
Never left committee11
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 9 bills that became law this session.
Commending the veterans of the United States Armed Forces from Augusta County.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR402ER) · 2026-04-24
Commending the Mertz Career and Technical Center.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR276ER) · 2026-04-20
Commending the Verona Volunteer Fire Company.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR135ER) · 2026-04-16
Commending the Middlebrook Ruritan Club.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR136ER) · 2026-04-16
Commending the Highland County Fair.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR128ER) · 2026-04-16
Commending the Highland Telephone Cooperative.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR127ER) · 2026-04-16
Fertilizer and lime; amends provisions governing permit requirements.
Fertilizer and lime permit requirements. Amends the provisions governing the permit requirements for bulk lime materials to add a distributor who holds a valid license to distribute a regulated product, as defined in the bill, to the list of people who can sell bulk liming…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419) · 2026-04-08
Real property tax; special assessment on basis of use, notice requirements.
Real property tax; special assessment for land use; notice requirements; civil penalty. Establishes notice requirements for the sale of real estate that is valued, assessed, and taxed by a locality under a special assessment on the basis of use. The bill directs the Department of…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308) · 2026-04-06
Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement.
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216) · 2026-04-06
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; consolidation of agricultural commitments.
Impaired waters clean-up plan report; consolidation of the agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan annual report. Consolidates the report on the implementation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan into the…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214) · 2026-04-06
Death certificates; petitions to the court to amend, service upon State Registrar of Vital Records.
Amending death certificates; petitions to the court to amend; Electronic Death Registration System; service upon State Registrar of Vital Records. Requires funeral service licensees requesting an order to amend a death certificate through the Electronic Death Registration System to upload the required petition to the…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) · 2026-04-06
Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher…
Not out of committeeLeft in Committee Appropriations · 2026-02-18
Bath County and Augusta County School Boards; cost-savings agreements, requirements.
Certain school divisions; cost-savings agreements; requirements. Removes the limitation on any school board that enters into certain cost-savings agreements with a school board that governs a contiguous school division for the consolidation or sharing of educational, administrative, or support services and thus qualifies for adjustment…
Not out of committeeLeft in Committee Appropriations · 2026-02-18
Public school funding; composite index of local ability-to-pay.
Public school funding; composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate devoted to certain uses. Requires, for the purpose of determining the state and local shares of basic aid funding, that the composite index of local ability-to-pay utilize the use value of all…
Not out of committeeLeft in Education · 2026-02-18
Fertilizer and lime; amends provisions governing permit requirements.
Fertilizer and lime permit requirements. Amends the provisions governing the permit requirements for bulk lime materials to add a distributor who holds a valid license to distribute a regulated product, as defined in the bill, to the list of people who can sell bulk liming…
Not out of committeeLeft in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources · 2026-02-18
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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SB24 · 2026-04-22
Discovery materials or evidence; accused may request to copy or photograph any materials. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 8-N 0-A))
HB969 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 35-N 0-A))
HB61 · 2026-04-22
Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, report. (Governor's amendment nos. 1 – 3 agreed to (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB484 · 2026-04-22
Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices, downcoded claims. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 1-N 0-A))
HB1393 · 2026-04-22
Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (Governor's amendment nos. 7, 9, and 10 agreed to (70-Y 29-N 0-A))
HB1525 · 2026-04-22
Firearms, certain; definitions, possession, transportation, or purchase by certain persons, penalty. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB320 · 2026-04-22
Live streaming while driving; prohibited, penalty. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 10-N 0-A))
SB225 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (Governor's amendments nos. 4-8 agreed to (64-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB630 · 2026-04-22
Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 35-N 0-A))
HB892 · 2026-04-22
Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; SCC to investigate electric load forecasts. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB773 · 2026-04-22
Elections; absentee voting, cure process, delayed effective date. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB640 · 2026-04-22
Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration, filing of petition, notice of appeal. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
SB803 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Fair Housing Law; regulations defining terms related to unlawful conduct. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
HB1377 · 2026-04-22
VMI; Bd. of Visitors to examine higher education at the Institute. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (69-Y 31-N 0-A))
SB783 · 2026-04-22
Law-enforcement agencies; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 34-N 0-A))
SB620 · 2026-04-22
Va. ABC Authority; permitting of retail tobacco product retailers, etc. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 4-N 0-A))
HB834 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB308 · 2026-04-22
Va. ABC Authority; permitting of retail tobacco product retailers, etc. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N 0-A))
HB238 · 2026-04-22
Minimum wage and overtime wages; payment, of wages, misclassification of workers, civil actions. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB711 · 2026-04-22
Solar facilities; local regulation, permits, special exceptions. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 35-N 0-A))
HB1043 · 2026-04-22
Affordable and Special Needs Housing program, etc.; applicant notification of awards and denials. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N 0-A))
HB1457 · 2026-04-22
Vehicle weight limits; violations, owner or lessee of commercial motor vehicle hauling coal. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N 0-A))
HB2 · 2026-04-22
Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 35-N 0-A))
SB543 · 2026-04-22
Marijuana and hemp products; enforcement. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB460 · 2026-04-22
Small Business & Supplier Diversity, Dept. of; powers & duties, employment services organizations. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (88-Y 9-N 0-A))
SB230 · 2026-04-22
Police and court records; expungement of records, delayed effective date. (Governor's amendments nos. 1 and 3 agreed to (72-Y 25-N 0-A))
HB614 · 2026-04-22
History/soc.science SOL & Curriculum Framework; review of instruction on roles of all peoples. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 33-N 0-A))
SB731 · 2026-04-22
Private companies providing public transportation services; employee protections. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
HB101 · 2026-04-22
Concealed handguns; alternate methods of submission of applications for permits. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N 0-A))
SB324 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
HB820 · 2026-04-22
Mixed-income housing; creating a two-year pilot program that provides loan origination, etc. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (88-Y 11-N 0-A))
HB857 · 2026-04-22
Home/electronic incarceration program; court shall assign pregnant/postpartum persons to program. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 11-N 0-A))
SB256 · 2026-04-22
Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
HB1011 · 2026-04-22
Compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure, etc. (Governor's amendment nos. 1, 4, and 5 agreed to (66-Y 34-N 0-A))
SB197 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program, deferment of interest accrual. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N 0-A))
SB285 · 2026-04-22
Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment grant program; Board of HCD to review, etc. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 2-N 0-A))
SB223 · 2026-04-22
Distributed Energy Resources Task Force; created, membership, reports, sunset. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 33-N 0-A))
SB337 · 2026-04-22
Virginia National Guard; reports to General Assembly, state militias, etc. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
SB364 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
HB318 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Parole Board; powers and duties, juvenile offenders, parole procedures and considerations. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (67-Y 33-N 0-A))
SB518 · 2026-04-22
Public works contracts; prevailing wage rate, definitions, civil penalty. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
SB536 · 2026-04-22
Medical malpractice information disclosures; report. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 21-N 0-A))
SB347 · 2026-04-22
Solar facilities; local regulation, permits, special exceptions. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 0-A))
SB72 · 2026-04-22
Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB379 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; application, notice, deposit, fee. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 35-N 0-A))
HB1046 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 35-N 0-A))
SB176 · 2026-04-22
Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 33-N 0-A))
HB234 · 2026-04-22
Elections; general provisions, electoral board members to wear identification, civil penalty. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB286 · 2026-04-22
Virginia National Guard; orders transmitted to and through Governor, annual reports. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB909 · 2026-04-22
Elections; certain conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
SB550 · 2026-04-22
Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements, delayed effective date. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N 0-A))
HB1524 · 2026-04-22
Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, exceptions, penalty. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (59-Y 40-N 0-A))
HB505 · 2026-04-22
Counties, cities, & towns; members of governing body, continuing personal interest in transactions. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (69-Y 31-N 0-A))
HB281 · 2026-04-22
Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 36-N 0-A))
HB312 · 2026-04-22
Motor vehicles; glass repair and replacement, emissions inspections, penalties, repeals. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (72-Y 28-N 0-A))
SB126 · 2026-04-22
Primary election; when filings to be made, extension for incumbents failure to file. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (79-Y 19-N 0-A))
HB627 · 2026-04-22
Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty. (Governor's amendment no. 1 agreed to (96-Y 3-N 0-A))
SB81 · 2026-04-22
Law-enforcement officers, state and local; enforcement of federal traffic infractions. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 31-N 0-A))
SB60 · 2026-04-22
Virginia Parole Board; powers and duties, juvenile offenders, parole procedures and considerations. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 31-N 0-A))
SB137 · 2026-04-22
Obstructing health care facility; penalties. (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 32-N 0-A))
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 2496 total roll-call votes this session).
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