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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60194</law_id><section_number>17.1-806</section_number><catch_line>Sentencing guidelines modifications; effective date</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-805.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>After adoption of the initial guidelines, any modification to the discretionary <span class="dictionary">sentencing guidelines</span> adopted by the Commission shall be contained in the annual report required under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties" href="/17.1-803/">17.1-803</a> and shall, unless otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, become effective on the next following July 1.</p></section></text><history>1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2, &#xA7; 17-238; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
