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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1172<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1400401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352238,"identifier":"2.2-2001.6","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20\/2.2-2001.6","url":"\/2.2-2001.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2001.6\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20\/2.2-2001.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eligibility for veteran status under state and local laws; change in treatment of certain discharges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2001.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who was separated from active military, naval, or air service with an other than honorable discharge due solely to such person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression may petition<\/span> the Department<\/span> to have his discharge recorded with the Department<\/span> as honorable. Persons whose discharge status is changed pursuant to such petition<\/span> shall be afforded the same rights, privileges<\/span>, and benefits authorized by state law<\/span> and local ordinances<\/span> as any other veteran<\/span> who was honorably discharged.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELIGIBILITY FOR VETERAN STATUS UNDER STATE AND LOCAL LAWS; CHANGE IN TREATMENT\nOF CERTAIN DISCHARGES (\u00a7 2.2-2001.6)\n\nAny person who was separated from active military, naval, or air service with an\nother than honorable discharge due solely to such person’s sexual\norientation or gender identity or expression may petition the Department to have\nhis discharge recorded with the Department as honorable. Persons whose discharge\nstatus is changed pursuant to such petition shall be afforded the same rights,\nprivileges, and benefits authorized by state law and local ordinances as any\nother veteran who was honorably discharged.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1172, \u00a7 2.2-2001.5.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}