Gambling In January 2024, VanValkenburg filed a bill to legalize
betting on
college sports. VanValkenburg stated that legalizing and regulating gambling would increase safety, saying "You can ban it, but people are still going to do it."
Housing In 2026, VanValkenburg sponsored a "housing near jobs" bill to allow by-right
zoning for apartment buildings, townhomes, and mixed-use developments in commercial districts and filed a bill to allow
manufactured homes to be placed in any residential zoning district that allows traditional site-built housing.
Labor In 2020, VanValkenburg filed a bill to ban
non-compete clauses for "low-wage" workers, which was signed into law by Governor
Ralph Northam. In 2022, VanValkenburg introduced a bill to ban non-competes for health care workers, which failed to pass. The bill, modeled after
California's, would allow defendants in
defamation cases to file
motions to dismiss potentially-frivolous defamation suits earlier in the process and recover
attorney fees if successful. The measure passed the General Assembly and became law after passing a
ballot measure in November 2020. In October 2025, VanValkenburg supported a bill to amend the Virginia constitution to allow the Virginia General Assembly to redraw Virginia congressional districts mid-decade after multiple Republican-led states
redrew congressional districts to benefit the Republican Party. VanValkenburg stated that the
amendment was a proportional response to "opportunistic, mid-decade redistricting" encouraged by the
Trump administration. ==Electoral history==