§ 2.2-3305 Commonwealth Day of Prayer
The first Thursday in May of each year shall be designated the “Commonwealth Day of Prayer” and shall be a day on which the people of the Commonwealth may turn to God in prayer and meditation and may celebrate the religious freedom secured for them by the laws of the Commonwealth and nation.
History
This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844.
1997, c. 388, § 2.1-24.2; 2001, c. 844.