Lamont Bagby was a member of the Henrico County School Board (2008–2015), serving as chair in 2011. Bagby was then elected to the
Virginia House of Delegates in a special election on July 21, 2015, and took the oath of office July 23, replacing
Joe Morrissey, who resigned in April. He defeated David Lambert, son of longtime
Virginia State Senator Benjamin Lambert. Bagby also defeated Lambert in the general election on November 3, 2015. In 2014, Governor
Terry McAuliffe appointed Bagby to the
Norfolk State University Board of Visitors. As a member of the Virginia General Assembly and chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, Senator Bagby has worked across the aisle and championed legislation focused on stopping the school-to-prison pipeline, creating affordable housing, criminal justice reforms, voting rights, environmental justice, and consumer protections. He is a member of the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, Education and Health, Local Government, and Transportation. Additionally, Senator Bagby serves on legislative studies and commissions including: the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, Criminal Justice Services Board, Task Force to Assist in Identification of the History of Formerly Enslaved African Americans in Virginia, Health Insurance Reform Commission, Small Business Commission, Commission to Study the History of the Uprooting of Black Communities by Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Commonwealth, VCU Health System Board of Visitors, and Virginia Minority Business Commission. ==Other recognition==