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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56661</law_id><section_number>2.2-606</section_number><catch_line>Consideration of certain issues in policy development</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="C">State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In the formulation and implementation of policies and regulations, each department and division of the executive branch and those boards affiliated with a <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> within the executive branch of state government shall consider the impact of the policies and regulations on family formation, stability, and autonomy. This section shall not be construed to confer a right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at <span class="dictionary">law</span> or in <span class="dictionary">equity</span> by any <span class="dictionary">party</span> against the Commonwealth, its agencies, officers, or any other person.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 530, &#xA7; 2.1-7.2; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
