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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 156 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. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1403349,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352931,"identifier":"2.2-3315.1","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3315.1","url":"\/2.2-3315.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3315.1\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3315.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"White Cane Safety Day","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3315.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each year, the Governor may take suitable public notice of October 15 as White Cane Safety Day. He may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a proclamation in which:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> He comments upon the significance of the white cane; <a id=\"paragraph-1314048\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3315.1\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> He calls upon the citizens of the Commonwealth to observe the provisions of the White Cane <span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span> and to take precautions necessary to the safety of the disabled; <a id=\"paragraph-1314049\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3315.1\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> He reminds the citizens of the Commonwealth of the policies with respect to the disabled herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving effect to them; and <a id=\"paragraph-1314050\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3315.1\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> He emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions. <a id=\"paragraph-1314051\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3315.1\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHITE CANE SAFETY DAY (\u00a7 2.2-3315.1)\n\nEach year, the Governor may take suitable public notice of October 15 as White\nCane Safety Day. He may issue a proclamation in which:\n\n1. He comments upon the significance of the white cane;\n\n2. He calls upon the citizens of the Commonwealth to observe the provisions of\nthe White Cane Law and to take precautions necessary to the safety of the\ndisabled;\n\n3. He reminds the citizens of the Commonwealth of the policies with respect to\nthe disabled herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving\neffect to them; and\n\n4. He emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of\ndisabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the\ndisabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public\nfacilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and\nresort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance\nto disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 156, \u00a7 63.1-171.5; 2002, c. 747.","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"}}