Del. Joshua E. Thomas

Chamber

House of Delegates

District

21

Party

Democrat

LIS member ID

H0382

Committees (2026, LIS)

• Appropriations
• Public Safety
• Transportation

1,567 of 1,567 House floor roll calls in 2026 (Regular + Special Session I) list this member.

98.4% voted with the Democrat majority (1,536 of 1,561 yea/nay votes where that caucus's majority voted one way)

Recent floor votes

• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.
• YeaJun 29, 2026 · HB30 Budget Bill.

Chief patron only; counts are the 2026 Regular Session. Also co-patron on 64 bills (not listed).

• HB153Signed
  Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB154Tabled / continued
  Data centers; use of emergency generation unit, disclosure requirements.
  Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · Feb 18, 2026
• HB155Tabled / continued
  Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities.
  Left in Labor and Commerce · Feb 18, 2026
• HB164Signed
  Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB165Signed
  Contractors, Board for; examinations available in alternative languages.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB166Tabled / continued
  Noise ordinances; removes exemption for industrial property, civil penalties.
  Continued to 2027 · Jan 30, 2026
• HB196Signed
  Mixed-income housing; creating a two-year pilot program that provides loan origination, etc.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 22, 2026
• HB197Tabled / continued
  Zoning appeals, board of; appellate jurisdiction upon appeal from the circuit court.
  Continued to 2027 · Jan 28, 2026
• HB198Signed
  Local government; review of decision by board of zoning appeals, procedures for filing petition.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB352Signed
  Local authority; authorized by ordinance to establish affordable housing performance grant programs.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB354Tabled / continued
  Online portal; Commissioner of Department of Veterans Services to develop and maintain.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 18, 2026
• HB356Signed
  Local housing policy; expands the range of changes that are required.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB708Tabled / continued
  Timely local decision on certain land use permits; incentives and penalties.
  Left in Committee Counties, Cities and Towns · Feb 18, 2026
• HB713Tabled / continued
  Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act; established.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB1182Signed
  Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 22, 2026
• HB1188Signed
  Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB1227Signed
  Private activity bonds; allocation of state ceiling.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Mar 31, 2026
• HB1301Signed
  School boards; student diabetes care & management in schools, divisionwide plan required.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB1355Tabled / continued
  Labor and employment; payment of wages, definition.
  Left in Labor and Commerce · Feb 18, 2026
• HB1368Tabled / continued
  Consumer Data Protection Act; individual action for damages or penalty, social media platforms.
  Left in Committee Communications, Technology and Innovation · Feb 18, 2026
• HB1463Signed
  Zoning; nonconforming uses, manufactured homes.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HJ21Tabled / continued
  Veterans; VSCC to propose model policy framework for treatment in criminal justice system.
  Left in Rules · Feb 18, 2026
• HJ288Passed
  Commending the Haymarket Police Department.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ289Passed
  Commending the Haymarket Regional Food Pantry.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ290Passed
  Celebrating the life of Mary Gay Cobb Koerber.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 13, 2026
• HJ305Passed
  Celebrating the life of Brian Robert Bilheimer.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 13, 2026
• HR443Passed
  Commending Dennis L. Dunlap.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR444Passed
  Commending Nova Patient Care.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR445Passed
  Commending Superior Paving Corporation.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026