# Karen Hamilton

Karen Hamilton is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 62.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 62
- Serving since: 2026-01-14
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b209f24e-0f1f-4f80-b2d9-1c05ee94ba4e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b209f24e-0f1f-4f80-b2d9-1c05ee94ba4e (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

Hamilton sits at +0.92 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.92 (standard error 0.04), from 59 donors and 170 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

2,056 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.6% (96.5%). 243 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 41. 93.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 20 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2087: Commending Madison County. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2087/
- HR 148: Celebrating the life of Cecil Heber Breeden, Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR148/
- HB 1277: Aggravated murder; admission to bail, creates rebuttable presumption against bail. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1277/
- HB 532: Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence, etc. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB532/
- HB 542: Abortion; informed written consent, newborn safety devices. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB542/
- HB 531: Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB531/
- HB 533: Virginia National Guard; deployment to active duty combat. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB533/
- HB 537: Regulations governing waterworks; prohibition on fluoridation of water. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB537/
- HB 538: Statute of limitations; sexual abuse of a minor, act by a person of authority. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB538/
- HB 539: Local highway system funding; revenue-sharing funds, funding cycle. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB539/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% 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/b209f24e-0f1f-4f80-b2d9-1c05ee94ba4e