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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59634</law_id><section_number>24.2-125</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-130</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Rights of Voters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this chapter, &#x201C;protected class&#x201D; means a group of citizens protected from discrimination based on race or color or membership in a language minority group.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
