# Vivian Watts

Vivian Watts is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 14
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b251a648-d2d3-4799-8213-e803fed621de

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b251a648-d2d3-4799-8213-e803fed621de (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

Watts has served since 2024.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 127 donors and 1,189 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.6% (96.5%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 204. 78.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 69 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 486: Commending James McConville. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR486/
- HJ 280: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald Edward Connolly. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ280/
- HJ 282: Commending Glasgow Middle School. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ282/
- HJ 281: Commending Romuald Lipinski. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ281/
- HB 1276: Health care providers; required estimate for nonemergency health care services. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1276/
- HB 1276: Health care providers; required estimate for nonemergency health care services. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1276/
- HB 958: Income tax, corporate; taxable income, net operating loss. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB958/
- HB 960: Personal property taxes; valuation, effective clause. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB960/
- HB 956: License taxes; deduction for out-of-state receipts. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB956/
- HB 978: Retail Sales and Use Tax; taxation on various services, includes digital personal property. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB978/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0108
- Campaign site: https://vivianwatts.com/
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@vivianwatts4260

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b251a648-d2d3-4799-8213-e803fed621de