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Code of Virginia
Title 2.2 - ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENTSubtitle I - ORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENTPart C - STATE AGENCIES RELATED TO THE GENERAL OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT
Chapter 20 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICES
Section 2.2-2001.6 - Eligibility for veteran status under state and local laws; change in treatment of certain discharges

Va. Code § 2.2-2001.6

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Section 2.2-2001.6 - Eligibility for veteran status under state and local laws; change in treatment of certain discharges

Any person who was separated from active military, naval, or air service with an other than honorable discharge due solely to such person's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression may petition the Department to have his discharge recorded with the Department as honorable. Persons whose discharge status is changed pursuant to such petition shall be afforded the same rights, privileges, and benefits authorized by state law and local ordinances as any other veteran who was honorably discharged.

Va. Code § 2.2-2001.6

2020, c. 1172, § 2.2-2001.5.
Added by Acts 2020 c. 1172, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.