Del. Rae Cousins

Chamber

House of Delegates

District

79

Party

Democrat

LIS member ID

H0356

Committees (2026, LIS)

• Courts of Justice
• Education
• Labor and Commerce
• Public Safety

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

99% voted with the Democrat majority (1,550 of 1,566 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. 2026 Special Session I: 4 more (4 passed, 0 failed, 0 tabled), listed below. Also co-patron on 279 bills (not listed).

• HB845Signed
  Unlawful detainer; bifurcation of case, contested rent and damages.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB847Tabled / continued
  Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund; established.
  Left in Labor and Commerce · Feb 18, 2026
• HB848Signed
  Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow, relief.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · May 14, 2026
• HB849Signed
  Public school employees; suspension, notice and opportunity for a hearing.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB852Tabled / continued
  Indigent defendant; abolition of fees, legal representation, jury trial costs, report.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 23, 2026
• HB853Tabled / continued
  Petition for modification of a sentence; eligibility, procedures, report.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 11, 2026
• HB854Signed
  Real property tax; local classification or designation for property, nonprofit organizations.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB855Tabled / continued
  Medicaid; estate recoveries.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 26, 2026
• HB857Signed
  Home/electronic incarceration program; court shall assign pregnant/postpartum persons to program.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 22, 2026
• HB858Tabled / continued
  Legal holidays; replaces Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, with Indigenous Peoples' Day.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 6, 2026
• HB859Signed
  Farm to School Program Task Force; membership requirements.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB860Signed
  Local & Reg. Jails, St. Bd.; standards, etc., regarding lactation policies for incarcerated persons.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB861Signed
  Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB862Signed
  Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), Commission on; structure and responsibilities.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB863Tabled / continued
  Offenses, certain; elimination of mandatory minimum sentences.
  Continued to 2027 · Mar 6, 2026
• HB864Failed
  Cosmetic products; manufacturing or sale with certain ingredients prohibited, definitions.
  Incorporated by General Laws (HB122-Keys-Gamarra) (Voice Vote) · Feb 10, 2026
• HB865Tabled / continued
  Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 23, 2026
• HB866Tabled / continued
  Food insecurity/hunger; Department of Social Services, et al., to develop statewide survey, report.
  Left in Committee Rules · Feb 18, 2026
• HB867Signed
  Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB868Tabled / continued
  Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 6, 2026
• HB869Tabled / continued
  Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programs for local farm or food products.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 5, 2026
• HB872Signed
  Portable electronic devices; possession in district or circuit court, policies set by chief judge.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · May 20, 2026
• HB1430Tabled / continued
  Residential development; authorizes any locality to impose impact fees.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 6, 2026
• HJ52Passed
  Celebrating the life of William J. Martin.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 1, 2026
• HJ78Passed
  Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month; designating as September 2026 & each succeeding year thereafter.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ154Passed
  Commending the Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 9, 2026
• HJ276Passed
  Commending Meredith Farrar-Owens.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 13, 2026
• HR97Passed
  Commending the Virginia Housing Alliance.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 16, 2026
• HR199Passed
  Commending the Ealey Project.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 20, 2026
• HR225Passed
  Commending We Off the Couch.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 20, 2026
• HR375Passed
  Commending the John Marshall High School boys' basketball team.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR394Passed
  Commending the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR422Passed
  Celebrating the life of the Reverend A. Lincoln James, Jr.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR423Passed
  Commending John W. Haun, Ed.D.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR2126Passed · Special I
  Commending Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Jun 30, 2026
• HR2127Passed · Special I
  Commending Croaker's Spot.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Jun 30, 2026
• HR2128Passed · Special I
  Commending Providence Park Baptist Church.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Jun 30, 2026
• HR2129Passed · Special I
  Commending the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Jun 30, 2026