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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69934</law_id><section_number>2.2-235</section_number><catch_line>Policy regarding environmental justice</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1706.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Governor's Secretaries</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="12">Virginia Environmental Justice Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote <span class="dictionary">environmental justice</span> and ensure that it is carried out throughout the Commonwealth, with a focus on <span class="dictionary">environmental justice</span> communities and fenceline communities.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1212, 1257.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
