# Lily Franklin

Lily Franklin is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 41
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ae28ba3f-6c53-463c-ac43-a5549ef51d48

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae28ba3f-6c53-463c-ac43-a5549ef51d48 (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

Franklin reported $2.1M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.02), from 1,370 donors and 173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.0% (96.5%). 9 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 51. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 84 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 309: Commending Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ309/
- HJ 313: Commending the Black Faculty and Staff Caucus of Virginia Tech. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ313/
- HJ 310: Commending the Western Virginia Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ310/
- HB 1467: Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program, Phase I Utilities. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1467/
- HB 1469: Transportation network company partners; requirements and background screening. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1469/
- HB 1385: Higher educational institutions, public; membership of governing boards. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1385/
- HB 1324: Farm Equipment Right to Repair Act; penalties, civil action. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1324/
- HB 1324: Farm Equipment Right to Repair Act; penalties, civil action. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1324/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.1M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 75% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae28ba3f-6c53-463c-ac43-a5549ef51d48