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Virginia · Current officeholder

Karen Keys-Gamarra

Democratic Virginia House, District 7

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Sponsored legislation

520 bills in the current data (51 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.

BillTitleRoleStageLast action
HR 2187Commending the Greater Fredericksburg Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2186Commending Janice Edwards-Dalton.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2164Commending the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2132Commending the Reverend Dr. Raymond A. Bell.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2131Commending Marvin Fields.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2130Commending four women leaders from Caroline County Public Schools.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2106Commending Georgina Aye.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2100Celebrating the life of Tarun Mehta.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2074Commending Colonel James T. O'Kelley, USMCR (Ret.).Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2059Celebrating the life of Susan Bulkley Kellom.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2058Celebrating the life of Alice Irene Cohan.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2055Commending the Hunter Mill Democratic District Committee.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2045Celebrating the life of Madison Warner.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2037Celebrating the life of Wilhelmina Gregory James.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2035Celebrating the life of Marcella Mary McCarthy Corbett.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2029Commending Thomas Louis Jones III.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2011Celebrating the life of the Honorable Marian Van Landingham.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2009Commending Land of Promise Church.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2004Commending St. John Baptist Church of Woodford.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2002Commending the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2001Commending Brigadier General Terrence A. Adams, USAF.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 275Celebrating the life of Michael R. Frey.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 235Commending Kathy Glazer.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 234Celebrating the life of Emmett M. Burke, Jr.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 233Commending the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 225Commending We Off the Couch.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 199Commending the Ealey Project.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 194Commending the first Black voters in Virginia.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HB 238Minimum wage and overtime wages; payment, definitions, misclassification of workers, civil actions.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 20, 2026
HR 83Commending Edward Joseph Face.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 73Celebrating the life of William Lorenzo Jackson, Sr.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 37Commending the Walk for Peace.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 130Celebrating the life of the Honorable James A. Davis.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 123Commending the Fredericksburg Frogs.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 106Commemorating the life and legacy of Mildred Delores Jeter Loving.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HB 229Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 15, 2026
HB 217Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 14, 2026
HJ 311Commending Virginia Youth Poet Laureate.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 283Commending Sergeant Dianne M. Dowdy.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 280Celebrating the life of the Honorable Gerald Edward Connolly.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 279Commending Andrea Miller.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 277Commending the National Women's Political Caucus of Virginia.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 259Commending Bennie Evans, Jr.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HJ 245Commending the veterans of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HB 967Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 965National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 91Minors; limiting room or cell confinement in a juvenile correctional facility, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 84Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 836Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 833Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 830Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements, application of law, report, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 774Elections; absentee and provisional ballots, cure process, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 773Elections; absentee voting, cure process, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 75Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients, report.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 640Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration, filing of petition, notice of appeal.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 632Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 581Unauthorized use of voice or likeness; punitive damages, statute of limitations.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 549Trees; conservation and replacement during development process in certain localities, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 392Sickle cell disease education and screening program; cancer risk.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 361Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 360Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, kratom products.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 355Public school students in grades six through 12; annual mental health screening.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 301Adult adoptees; access to vital records.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 3Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 283Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 27Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 234Elections; general provisions, electoral board members to wear identification, civil penalty.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 211Head start, etc.; Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 206College partnership laboratory schools; transparency.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 199Standards of Learning assessments; through-year growth assessment system eliminated.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 191Victims of sex trafficking; immunity for minors to arrest or prosecution for prostitution.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 18Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 173State correctional facilities; visitation policies, annual report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 167Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 153Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1492Impersonating a law-enforcement officer; clarifies definition of "facial covering," penalties.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1446School nurses; sickle cell disease training.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1421Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; transferring administrative and supervisory authority.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1414Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1408Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1400Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 14Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1393Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1322Sheriff Javier J. Smith Memorial Bridge; designates bridge on St. Route 106 in Charles City County.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1279Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1263Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1234Land development; definitions, solar canopies in surface parking areas, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 122Cosmetic products; manufacturing or sale with certain ingredients prohibited.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1212Zoning; small lot residential districts.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1207Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 118Discovery materials or evidence; accused may request to copy or photograph any materials.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1115Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1113Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1060Foster and adoptive homes; barrier crimes, exceptions.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1005Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods, prohibited fees.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 95Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 12, 2026
HB 650Courthouses; certain civil arrests prohibited, penalty.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 12, 2026
HB 5Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 12, 2026
HB 1482Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings, exceptions, penalty.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 12, 2026
HB 964Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 848Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow, relief.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 614History/Soc. Science SOL & Curriculum Framework; review of instruction on roles of all peoples.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 553Corrections, Department of; language services for offenders.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 333Public schools; programs and courses of instruction; instruction on January 6 insurrection.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 215Voter registration; list maintenance, third-party data exchanges approved by State Bd. of Elections.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 1441Law-enforcement agencies; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 1392Correctional facilities, local and regional, and courthouse security; powers & duties for operation.Primary sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 1182Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 1173Virginia Human Rights Act; reasonable accommodation for known limitations related to menopause.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 21Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 10, 2026
HB 19Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 10, 2026
HJ 91Celebrating the life of Gladys Mae West.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 9, 2026
HJ 87Day of Remembrance for Victims of Lynching in Virginia.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 236Commending Jo Anne Perry Maxwell.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 235Celebrating the life of Catherine Agnes Martin Hudgins.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 234Commending Reston Community Players.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 233Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Franklin James West, Sr.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 210Commending Alexander Yui.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 207Commending David Cooper.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 206Commending the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 199Commending the Roanoke Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 198Commending Brad Hughes.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 196Commending the staff of Theogony.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 193Commending the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 190Commending Timothy Zachery Mosley.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 188Commending the Omicron Kappa Kappa Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 187Commending the Zeta Upsilon Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 185Celebrating the life of Jane Pasolli Edmondson.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 182Celebrating the life of Jane Kamps Strauss.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 177Celebrating the life of the Honorable Barry D. Knight.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 9, 2026
HJ 174Commending the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 173Commending Elisha Harris.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 172Commending Andrew Billingsley, Ph.D.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 171Celebrating the life of Cecelia Taliaferro Tucker.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 170Celebrating the life of Horace Christopher Belcher.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 165Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Thomas Bulova, USAR.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 159Commending the Virginia Community College System.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 158Commending 211 Virginia.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 157Commending the Taubman Museum of Art.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 156Commending RADAR Transit.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 131Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 128Celebrating the life of Claudia Hantman Arko.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HB 6Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 594Affordable housing developments, certain; expedited approval.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 529Suicide Prevention Program; created, deaths by suicide of veterans or military service members.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 488Wage garnishment; state tax debt.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 433Newborn screening; evaluation of disorders for inclusion, process for considering other disorders.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 425Pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement for remote monitoring services through pregnancy.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 4Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 352Local authority; authorized by ordinance to establish affordable housing performance grant programs.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 20Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 193Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 185Orders closing a proceeding; petitions for review.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 15Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1208Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1147Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1014Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 924Public Instruction, Super. of; state program to support improvement of low-performing schools.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 772Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 770Public utilities; water and sewerage companies, discounted rates for low-income customers.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 602Motion picture theaters; definitions, establishes requirements for open captioning.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 508Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 414Two-Year college Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 275Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 230Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems, certain emergency medical services personnel exempted.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 200Transit Entities, certain; funding and administration.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 164Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1489Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1404Local government; appointment of youth representative.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1344License plates, special; repeals issuance for Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 116School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1097Driver communication improvement program; drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1086Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia goods, school nutrition programs, sunset.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1020Sexual abuse during infancy or incapacity; accrual.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 38Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 2, 2026
HB 210School meal debt; each school board to annually report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 2, 2026
HB 195Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 2, 2026
HB 171Student instruction; Internet safety, policy to include key modern digital safety topics.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 2, 2026
HJ 52Celebrating the life of William J. Martin.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 1, 2026
HJ 4Constitutional amendment; apportionment, congress dists, limited authority of the GA to modify.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 31, 2026
HJ 3Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 31, 2026
HJ 2Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 31, 2026
HJ 1Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 31, 2026
HB 369Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedMarch 31, 2026
HB 1225Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning, fast-charging stations, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedMarch 31, 2026
SJ 292Commending Dana Van Slyke.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 25, 2026
SJ 256Commending Kerrie Wilson.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 25, 2026
SJ 253Commending the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 25, 2026
SJ 251Commending Ambreen Ahmed.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 25, 2026
SJ 250Celebrating the life of Carol A. Bruce.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 248Commending the Tephra ICA Arts Festival.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 14, 2026
SJ 246Commending the YMCA Fairfax County Reston.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 14, 2026
SJ 219Celebrating the life of M. Yaqub Mirza, Ph.D.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 218Commending Ilia Roman Malinin.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 14, 2026
SJ 217Celebrating the life of Braden Thomas Cuttler.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 216Celebrating the life of Catherine Agnes Martin Hudgins.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 187Celebrating the life of Nancy Thumma Bowles.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 156Celebrating the life of Christian A. Jurgensen III.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
HB 489Restorative justice practices; definitions, effect of participation, immunity from civil liability.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 14, 2026

Showing the 200 most recent of 520.

Sources

  1. Open States people data (public domain)
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