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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0895\">895<\/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 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0216\">216<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0264\">264<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a>; in 2025, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0095\">95<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0111\">111<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76841,"identifier":"54.1-830","token":"54.1\/II\/8.1\/54.1-830","url":"\/54.1-830\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-830\/","token":"54.1\/II\/8.1\/54.1-830","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-830","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Amateur<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">wrestling<\/span> bouts; <a id=\"paragraph-275854\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-830\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Amateur<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">exhibition bouts<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">amateur<\/span> participants therein; <a id=\"paragraph-275855\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-830\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Engagements involving <span class=\"dictionary\">amateur<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">martial arts<\/span> that are conducted by or held under the sponsorship of (i) any elementary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth, (ii) the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Corrections involving inmates of any state correctional institution, or (iii) the United States Olympic Committee; or <a id=\"paragraph-275856\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-830\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Amateur<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">boxing<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-275857\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-830\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 54.1-830)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:\n\n1. Amateur wrestling bouts;\n\n2. Amateur exhibition bouts and the amateur participants therein;\n\n3. Engagements involving amateur martial arts that are conducted by or held\nunder the sponsorship of (i) any elementary or secondary school or public or\nprivate institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth, (ii) the\nDepartment of Corrections involving inmates of any state correctional\ninstitution, or (iii) the United States Olympic Committee; or\n\n4. Amateur boxing.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 895; 2015, cc. 216, 264; 2016, c. 756; 2025, cc. 95, 111.","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}}