He filed a bill in 2019 which would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements when no trade secrets were involved.

[7] In 2019, VanValkenburg announced a bill to reform Virginia's anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) laws.

VanValkenburg's proposed bill came after Virginia's anti-SLAPP laws, which were intended to protect people from being intimidated or silenced by frivolous lawsuits, were criticized for being overly lax, allowing plaintiffs such as actor Johnny Depp and California Congressman Devin Nunes to file lawsuits in Virginia that may have been dismissed under California's more stringent laws.

[8] In 2024, VanValkenburg filed a bill to update Virginia's sports betting laws.

The measure, Senate Bill 124, would amend the in-state college sports betting prohibition.