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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 857<\/a> and 937<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 843<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 763<\/a> and 777<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63916,"section_number":"2.2-426","catch_line":"Lobbyist reporting; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-426\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66412,"identifier":"2.2-420","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-420","url":"\/2.2-420\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-420\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-420","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-420","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The registration and reporting provisions of this article shall not apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General<\/span>, and their immediate staffs or the Governor’s Secretaries and their immediate staffs, acting in an official capacity; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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