# Bill Stanley

Bill Stanley is a Republican member of the Virginia Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Virginia Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eacc546e-93d4-4189-92fb-8c969b1b545c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eacc546e-93d4-4189-92fb-8c969b1b545c (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

82% of the 66 bills Stanley sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Virginia Senate.

## What Stanley says (VA 2025–26 session)

67 classified statements: 67 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stanley | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.5% | 2.3% | 33 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 9.0% | 9.5% | 139 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 13.4% | 37.3% | 318 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 3.0% | 15.4% | 299 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 38% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 38% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Water Resources Development 13% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 1,161 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

6,566 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Virginia Senate 97.8%). Party unity 91.0% (95.7%). 127 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 66 bills: 66 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 106. 81.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia Senate 90.1%; rank 39 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 2037: Commending the Martinsville Missile. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/SR2037/
- SR 148: Commending Naomi Hodge-Muse. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR148/
- SJ 132: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles Douglas Poindexter. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-14) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ132/
- SR 48: Commending Stanleytown Elementary School. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR48/
- SJ 79: Celebrating the life of Saundra Dee Bondurant. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ79/
- SR 32: Commending Frances Wade. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR32/
- SR 31: Celebrating the life of Rilda Jolene Brewer Evans. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SR31/
- SB 792: Pet shops; sale of puppy mill dogs prohibited, civil penalty. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SB792/
- SB 792: Pet shops; sale of puppy mill dogs prohibited, civil penalty. (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2027/SB792/
- SJ 52: Commending Richard A. Vaughan. (passed both chambers, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/SJ52/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $352.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 66% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-06-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/2070864340563943785
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/2029601165462138910
- 2025-11-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1985761617150173235
- 2025-11-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1984413382661816587
- 2025-10-17 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1978983756376547496
- 2025-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1977538172721782814
- 2025-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1976696865841463379
- 2025-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1967098404741542105
- 2025-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1961979164686188771
- 2025-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/billstanley/status/1961759394867069341

## Links

- Official site: https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S82
- Campaign site: https://senatorbillstanley.com/
- X: https://x.com/billstanley
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanleyforsenate
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorbillstanley
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanleylaw/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eacc546e-93d4-4189-92fb-8c969b1b545c