Senator Todd Pillion

Dr. Todd Pillion serves the sixth district in the Senate of Virginia where he represents the cities of Bristol and Norton, and the counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, and Wise. He is appointed to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations, Education and Health, General Laws, and Rules. Pillion also serves as a member on the following subcommittees: General Government, Public Safety and Claims, Higher Education, Health Professions, and Gaming.

His service in the Senate of Virginia follows nearly six years in the House of Delegates where he represented the fourth district.

In 2021, Senator Pillion was appointed to the recently formed Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and currently serves as its chairman. Additionally, he is a legislative appointee to the Southwest Virginia Health Authority; the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees, where he serves as chairman; the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation; the Interstate 81 Advisory Committee; the School Health Services Committee; and the Lincoln Memorial University Board of Trustees where he chairs the Health Sciences Committee. In 2024, Pillion was named a budget conferee as a freshman member of the Finance and Appropriations Committee.

Pillion is a pediatric dentist and a retired major with the Virginia Army National Guard. He resides in Abingdon with his wife Amanda, who serves on the Abingdon Town Council and as a member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, and their four children.