Del. Shelly A. Simonds

Chamber

House of Delegates

District

70

Party

Democrat

LIS member ID

H0323

Committees (2026, LIS)

• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• Appropriations
• Counties, Cities and Towns
• Education

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

99.7% voted with the Democrat majority (1,559 of 1,563 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 105 bills (not listed).

• HB138Tabled / continued
  Public high schools; career coach required.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB139Signed
  School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB256Signed
  Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB257Signed
  Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB258Signed
  Early childhood care and education; updates terminology.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB259Tabled / continued
  Home-Based Child Care Provider Start-Up Grants Pilot Program; established, sunset.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB260Tabled / continued
  Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.
  Continued to 2027 · Mar 2, 2026
• HB261Failed
  Real property; tax classification of land and improvements in City of Newport News.
  Incorporated by Finance (HB282-Callsen) (Voice Vote) · Jan 21, 2026
• HB262Failed
  Minimum parking requirements; prohibition on mandates by localities.
  Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB888-Shin) (Voice Vote) · Jan 30, 2026
• HB263Tabled / continued
  Certified school library specialists; Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in DOE.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 6, 2026
• HB264Tabled / continued
  School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; extends sunset date.
  Left in Committee Rules · Feb 18, 2026
• HB287Tabled / continued
  Higher ed. institution; eligibility for in-state tuition for citizens of fed. recognized Va. tribes.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB589Tabled / continued
  Data centers; certain data from water users, water use consumption.
  Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources · Feb 18, 2026
• HB591Tabled / continued
  Data centers; policy of the Commonwealth.
  Continued to 2027 · Mar 9, 2026
• HB592Signed
  Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 2, 2026
• HB593Signed
  Summons for unlawful detainer; legal resources, plain-language overview of process.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB594Signed
  Affordable housing developments, certain; expedited approval.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 8, 2026
• HB595Signed
  Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB596Tabled / continued
  Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; interagency implementation group, report.
  Left in Committee Rules · Feb 18, 2026
• HB597Signed
  Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, voluntary contributions, report.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 13, 2026
• HB598Tabled / continued
  Film industry community zones; local designation.
  Left in Committee Counties, Cities and Towns · Feb 18, 2026
• HB599Tabled / continued
  Marine Science, Virginia Institute of; duties, oyster stock assessment, report.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB600Tabled / continued
  Short-term rental properties; rental operator to complete human trafficking awareness training.
  Left in Committee Appropriations · Feb 18, 2026
• HB840Signed
  Restaurants; exempts certain facilities or programs.
  Approved by Governor (Acts of Assembly) · Apr 6, 2026
• HB1465Tabled / continued
  Blue catfish; marketing & production, Marine Prod. Board to establish full-time equivalent position.
  Continued to 2027 · Feb 24, 2026
• HR324Passed
  Commending the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR325Passed
  Celebrating the life of Barbara Drucker Smith.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR326Passed
  Celebrating the life of Andrew Thomas Olaisen.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026
• HR435Passed
  Commending Angela York.
  Passed (resolution; no governor action) · Apr 24, 2026