# Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin is a Republican member of the Virginia House for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia House, district 53
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d112b6c3-e52f-4da4-a6fe-5866bf3f6799

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d112b6c3-e52f-4da4-a6fe-5866bf3f6799 (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

Griffin sits at +1.06 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.06 (standard error 0.03), from 93 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 98.7% (96.5%). 452 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 42 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 65.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 95 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced, 2026-10-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/HB1534/
- HR 189: Commending Ronald Morford, MD. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR189/
- HR 105: Commending John Sharp. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR105/
- HR 104: Commending Amanda H. Ritter, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR104/
- HR 103: Commending Linda D. Meloy, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR103/
- HR 91: Commending Halifax Pharmacy. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR91/
- HR 88: Celebrating the life of Patrick Sherman. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR88/
- HR 87: Commending Kristy N. Somerville-Midgette, Ed.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR87/
- HR 90: Commending Sweet Briar College. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR90/
- HR 86: Commending Emily Barrows, M.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR86/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0364
- Campaign site: https://www.griffinforvirginia.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Tim-Griffin-for-Virginia/100090577878877/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d112b6c3-e52f-4da4-a6fe-5866bf3f6799