# Gretchen Bulova

Gretchen Bulova is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 11
- Serving since: 2026-01-19
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b151be46-5943-466a-afc5-93355840fe90

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b151be46-5943-466a-afc5-93355840fe90 (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

75% of the 16 bills Bulova sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Virginia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.61 (standard error 0.06), from 69 donors and 174 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,048 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.8% (96.5%). 14 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 65. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 84 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2120: Celebrating the life of Michael Allen Halbert. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2120/
- HR 2102: Celebrating the life of Christine E. Bordas. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2102/
- HR 2106: Commending Georgina Aye. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2106/
- HR 419: Commending the Oakton High School girls' wrestling team. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR419/
- HB 1454: Income tax, state; subtraction for Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1454/
- HB 1496: Campaign finance; reviews of campaign finance reports and records, report. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1496/
- HB 1488: Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1488/
- HB 1376: Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements, report. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1376/
- HB 1376: Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements, report. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1376/
- HB 1340: Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; amends fund and program. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1340/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $113.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% 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/b151be46-5943-466a-afc5-93355840fe90