# Destiny LeVere Bolling

Destiny LeVere Bolling is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 80.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 80
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43d936f6-2ae8-42fe-a9a9-a4f139842afa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43d936f6-2ae8-42fe-a9a9-a4f139842afa (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Bolling missed 3.8% of 3,859 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Virginia House (average 98.2%).

## What Bolling says (VA 2025–26 session)

92 classified statements: 92 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bolling | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 8.7% | 10.4% | 351 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 40.2% | 39.2% | 380 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 2.9% | 498 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 22.8% | 14.4% | 183 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.2% | 1.0% | 105 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 35% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 22% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Families 14% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Labor and Employment 14% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.93 (standard error 0.03), from 563 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.5% (96.5%). 13 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 355. 88.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 39 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 153: Celebrating the life of Sincere B. Allah. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ153/
- HB 1468: Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1468/
- HB 1499: DOE; policies relating to instructional material that contains sexually explicit content. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1499/
- HB 1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1393/
- HB 435: Palliative Care Info. & Ed. Prog. & Palliative Care & Quality of Life Advisory Council; established. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB435/
- HB 425: Pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement for remote monitoring services through pregnancy. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB425/
- HB 436: Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and mandatory fees charged to Virginia students. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB436/
- HB 427: Uniform, comprehensive data information system; info on self-identified students who are parents. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB427/
- HJ 27: Higher education; JLARC to study options to improve affordability for students. (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ27/
- HB 434: Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB434/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $191.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2077521162276417781
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2073556562145051068
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2057805116506292340
- 2026-05-15 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2055318524445229288
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2052850062670078350
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2051410469521437156
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2046664079746420832
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2044070968222470530
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2044070977819099541
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/destinyforva/status/2044070985544904893

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0372
- Campaign site: https://destinyforvirginia.com/
- X: https://x.com/destinyforva
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DestinyforVA/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/destinyforva/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43d936f6-2ae8-42fe-a9a9-a4f139842afa