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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 421 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1990, chapter 458; in 1992, chapter 627; in 2002, chapter 572<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 847<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 616<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237091,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55888,"identifier":"51.5-40","token":"51.5\/9\/51.5-40","url":"\/51.5-40\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-40\/","token":"51.5\/9\/51.5-40","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nondiscrimination under state grants and programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-40","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person with a disability<\/span> who is otherwise qualified shall on the basis of his disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving state financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by or on behalf of any state agency.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNONDISCRIMINATION UNDER STATE GRANTS AND PROGRAMS (\u00a7 51.5-40)\n\nNo person with a disability who is otherwise qualified shall on the basis of his\ndisability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be\nsubjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving state\nfinancial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by or on behalf\nof any state agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 421, \u00a7 51.01-40; 1990, c. 458; 1992, c. 627; 2002, c. 572;\n2012, c. 847; 2014, c. 616.","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}}