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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 685 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 632; in 1985, chapters 448 and 497; in 1991, chapter 563; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 502<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 57<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87238,"section_number":"2.2-200","catch_line":"Appointment of Governor's Secretaries; general powers; severance","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-200\/"},{"id":60305,"section_number":"2.2-2100","catch_line":"Classification of executive branch boards, commissions and councils","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81890,"identifier":"2.2-2630","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/11\/2.2-2630","url":"\/2.2-2630\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2630\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/11\/2.2-2630","dublin_core":{"Title":"Council on Women; purpose; membership; terms; chairman","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2630","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Council on Women (the “Council”) is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100<\/a>, in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to advise the Governor on matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational, professional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Council shall consist of 21 members from the Commonwealth at large and one of the Governor’s Secretaries as defined in § 2.2-200<\/a>, ex officio with full voting privileges<\/span>, all to be appointed by the Governor. Appointments shall be for terms of four years, except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the unexpired terms. The ex officio member shall serve a term coincident with his term of office. A majority of the membership of the Council shall constitute a quorum. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Council shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice-chairperson. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNCIL ON WOMEN; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; CHAIRMAN (\u00a7 2.2-2630)\n\nA. The Council on Women (the “Council”) is established as an\nadvisory council, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch\nof state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to advise the Governor\non matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational,\nprofessional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth.\n\nB. The Council shall consist of 21 members from the Commonwealth at large and\none of the Governor’s Secretaries as defined in § 2.2-200, ex officio\nwith full voting privileges, all to be appointed by the Governor. Appointments\nshall be for terms of four years, except appointments to fill vacancies, which\nshall be for the unexpired terms. The ex officio member shall serve a term\ncoincident with his term of office. A majority of the membership of the Council\nshall constitute a quorum.\n\nC. The Council shall elect from its membership a chairperson and\nvice-chairperson.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 685, \u00a7 9-116; 1972, c. 632; 1985, cc. 448, 497; 1991, c. 563;\n2001, c. 844; 2012, c. 502; 2020, c. 57.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}