Pass or Fail?

The Fate of 2021 General Assembly Bills

There were 1,092 bills introduced in 2021, excluding commending and memorializing resolutions.

Outcomes by Political Party

Bills Sponsored by Delegates

Bills Sponsored by Senators

Five-Year Trends

Percent of Bills Passed

Bills passed with More than 40% in Opposition

Bills Killed with No Recorded Vote

¹ Excludes 385 bills that were carried over from 2020, almost none of which were taken up again during the 2021 session.
² These statistics are based on the roll-call vote for final passage in each chamber.
³ Calculations in the “where bills died” section exclude bills that were consolidated into related legislation.
⁴ Includes bills defeated on the House or Senate floor and bills that passed both chambers with differences that a conference committee was unable to reconcile.

Source: Virginia Legislative Information System