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Virginia · Current officeholder

Josh Cole

Democratic Virginia House, District 65

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Sponsored legislation

490 bills in the current data (95 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.

BillTitleRoleStageLast action
HR 2207Commending the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2206Commending the Virginia District of the United Holy Church of America, Inc.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2192Commending Touch Hearts Christian Center.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2191Celebrating the life of Lynne Kathleen McCay.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2190Celebrating the life of Stephanie Danielle Myers.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2189Commending Regester Chapel United Methodist Church.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2187Commending the Greater Fredericksburg Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2185Commending Timmy Maness and Chelsea Spangler.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2179Commending Grady James, Ph.D.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 2129Commending the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2128Commending Providence Park Baptist Church.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2115Commending Orleans Bistro & Grill.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2100Celebrating the life of Tarun Mehta.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2086Commending Ramoth Baptist Church.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2074Commending Colonel James T. O'Kelley, USMCR (Ret.).Co-sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2071Farnsworth, Stephen J.; commending.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2062Commending Domination and the 2Up 2Down Festival.Primary 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 2046Commending the Reverend Dr. Raymond A. Bell, Jr.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberJune 30, 2026
HR 2045Celebrating the life of Madison Warner.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2038Celebrating the life of Herbert Lawrence Green, Jr.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2037Celebrating the life of Wilhelmina Gregory James.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 2006Commending the Omicron Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2005Commending the LEADE Foundation.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.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 2001Commending Brigadier General Terrence A. Adams, USAF.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 30, 2026
HR 273Celebrating the life of Michael Antoine Newsome.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 267Commending the Franklin High School boys' basketball team.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 263Commending Eastland United Methodist Church.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 252Commending Meg Bohmke.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 249Commending Clipse.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 237Commending Mount Olive Baptist Church.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 233Commending the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 232Commending Tonya B. Lacey.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 231Celebrating the life of Ola Parker Willoughby.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 224Celebrating the life of Seuk Kim.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 201Commending Amy Reardon.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
HR 154Commending the Virginia University of Lynchburg.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 20, 2026
HR 93Commending Billiken's Smokehouse.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 92Commending the Reverend Dr. Charles W. Wormley, Sr.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 85Commending the Front Royal Little League 12U All-Stars.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 83Commending Edward Joseph Face.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 130Celebrating the life of the Honorable James A. Davis.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 124Commending Torrey Smith.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 123Commending the Fredericksburg Frogs.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 120Commending United Faith Christian Ministry.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 109Commending Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fredericksburg.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 106Commemorating the life and legacy of Mildred Delores Jeter Loving.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 101Commending the Reverend Dr. Patricia Smith Wormley.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 16, 2026
HR 58Commending Lafayette Elementary School.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HR 57Commending the Greater Fredericksburg Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HR 54Commending STEP VA.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HR 53Commending the Healing Station.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 2026
HR 52Commending Little Forest Baptist Church.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberApril 13, 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 267Commending Community Eligibility Provision schools in Virginia.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 969Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 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 938Publicly owned treatment works; monitoring of PFAS.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 675Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 667Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 636Prospective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 496Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 392Sickle cell disease education and screening program; cancer risk.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 360Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, kratom products.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 34Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; feasibility of establishing position.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 27Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 26Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence, sunset.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 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 1491Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1446School nurses; sickle cell disease training.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1418Sickle Cell Trait Awareness and Education Program; established.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1414Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 14Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1391Sickle Cell Coordinated Access Network; established.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1357Nursing facilities; comprehensive study of quality of care, etc., and operational practices.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1322Sheriff Javier J. Smith Memorial Bridge; designates bridge on St. Route 106 in Charles City County.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1282Licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners; licensure by endorsement, etc.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 1279Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.Primary sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1263Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1207Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 13, 2026
HB 1113Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 13, 2026
HB 95Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 12, 2026
HB 702Local law-enforcement agencies; firearm give-back or buy-back programs.Primary 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 630Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HB 320Live streaming while driving; prohibited, penalty.Primary 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 1182Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 11, 2026
HJ 91Celebrating the life of Gladys Mae West.Primary sponsorPassed both chambersApril 9, 2026
HJ 87Day of Remembrance for Victims of Lynching in Virginia.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 237Commending St. Elmo's Coffee Pub.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 212Celebrating the life of the Honorable Charles Douglas Poindexter.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 208Celebrating the life of Deborah Fisher Williams.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 196Commending the staff of Theogony.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 194Commending Table Talk.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 187Commending the Zeta Upsilon Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.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 168Commending the Stafford County Branch of the NAACP.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 154Commending the Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 153Celebrating the life of Sincere B. Allah.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 148Commending the Spotsylvania County Museum.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 145Celebrating the life of Donald C. Pfanz.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 131Commending the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 9, 2026
HJ 107Commending Scott Foster.Primary sponsorPassed both chambersApril 9, 2026
HJ 103Commending Saint Martin's Parish.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 9, 2026
HJ 102Commending Patrick Henry High School.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 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 422Water utilities; prohibition of multiple rate increases within 3-year period for water utilities.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 413High School Certified Nurse Aide Training/Certification Program; established, requirements, report.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 242Public utilities; budget plan payment increases.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 20Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 15Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1166Financial institutions; check cashers, expiration of registration.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
HB 1Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 8, 2026
SB 206Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 957Public elementary & secondary schools; use 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to address bullying, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 894Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 835Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 73Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody.Primary sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 55Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authorities to place and operate, civil penalties.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 494Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government, certain former federal employees.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 456Health, State Board of, regulations; standards for levels of neonatal care.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 414Two-Year college Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 282Real property tax; classification of land and improvement in Cities of Charlottesville/Falls Church.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 201School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1404Local government; appointment of youth representative.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1086Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia goods, school nutrition programs, sunset.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 1036Dental hygienist licensure; dentists eligible to practice in a foreign country or jurisdiction.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 6, 2026
HB 38Public schools; mental health awareness training and instruction, requirements.Co-sponsorEnactedApril 2, 2026
HJ 55Celebrating the life of Anthony L. Bennett, Sr.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 1, 2026
HJ 52Celebrating the life of William J. Martin.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 1, 2026
HJ 25Non-Apparent Disabilities Awareness Wk; designating 3rd full week of Oct 2026 & each succeeding yr.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 1, 2026
HJ 24Immunization Awareness Month; designating as August 2026 and each succeeding year thereafter.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 1, 2026
HJ 23Make-A-Will Month; designating as August 2026 and each succeeding year thereafter.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberApril 1, 2026
HJ 18Miller, Yvonne Bond; portrait thereof to be framed and placed in the Capitol.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersApril 1, 2026
SJ 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 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 60Life or health insurances; unfair discrimination, pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV.Co-sponsorEnactedMarch 31, 2026
SJ 275Celebrating the life of the Honorable John Granger Macfarlane II.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 24, 2026
SJ 222Commending Marceline Catlett, Ed.D.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 14, 2026
SJ 156Celebrating the life of Christian A. Jurgensen III.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
SJ 118Celebrating the life of Martin Gerald Farber.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 14, 2026
HR 454Commending Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 13, 2026
HR 440Commending the Spotsylvania Memorial Park.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 13, 2026
HR 423Commending John W. Haun, Ed.D.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 13, 2026
HR 395Commending the Richmond Chapter of Continental Societies, Inc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 12, 2026
HR 378Celebrating the life of La Bravia J. Jenkins.Primary sponsorIntroducedMarch 11, 2026
HR 377Commending Carl's Frozen Custard.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 11, 2026
HR 376Commending Beth Sholom Temple.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 11, 2026
HR 375Commending the John Marshall High School boys' basketball team.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 11, 2026
SB 636Confederate monuments and memorials; Department of General Services to remove from Capitol Square.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 9, 2026
HB 334Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 9, 2026
HB 877Public high school students; opportunity to earn transferable meta-major associate degree, etc.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 6, 2026
HB 35Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.Primary sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 6, 2026
HB 1373Regional special ed.; DOE to assess enhancements & strategies to maximize use of funds for students.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 6, 2026
SJ 129Commending the Virginia Black Restaurant Experience.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 5, 2026
SJ 121Celebrating the life of the Honorable Barnie Keith Day.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 5, 2026
SJ 120Commending the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 5, 2026
SJ 106Commending Curtis Allen.Co-sponsorPassed both chambersMarch 5, 2026
HB 1345Public schools; industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation of indoor air quality.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 5, 2026
HB 92Public schools; At-Risk Program established, Standards of Quality.Co-sponsorPassed one chamberMarch 4, 2026

Showing the 200 most recent of 490.

Sources

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