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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 482<\/a> and 483<\/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 2020, chapter 736<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262659,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69724,"identifier":"59.1-555","token":"59.1\/50\/59.1-555","url":"\/59.1-555\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-555\/","token":"59.1\/50\/59.1-555","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sovereign immunity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-555","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No provisions of this chapter nor any act or omission of a state, regional, or local governmental entity related to the issuance of electronic identity credentials<\/span> or attributes or the administration or participation in an identity trust framework<\/span> or federation<\/span> related to the issuance of electronic identity credentials<\/span> or attributes shall be deemed a waiver<\/span> of sovereign immunity to which the governmental entity or its officers, employees, or agents are otherwise entitled.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSOVEREIGN IMMUNITY (\u00a7 59.1-555)\n\nNo provisions of this chapter nor any act or omission of a state, regional, or\nlocal governmental entity related to the issuance of electronic identity\ncredentials or attributes or the administration or participation in an identity\ntrust framework or federation related to the issuance of electronic identity\ncredentials or attributes shall be deemed a waiver of sovereign immunity to\nwhich the governmental entity or its officers, employees, or agents are\notherwise entitled.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 482, 483; 2020, c. 736.","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}}