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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0530\">530<\/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 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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":173711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56661,"identifier":"2.2-606","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-606","url":"\/2.2-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-606\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consideration of certain issues in policy development","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the formulation and implementation of policies and regulations, each department and division of the executive branch and those boards affiliated with a <span class=\"dictionary\">state agency<\/span> within the executive branch of state government shall consider the impact of the policies and regulations on family formation, stability, and autonomy. 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