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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 483<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82177,"section_number":"2.2-1200","catch_line":"Department of Human Resource Management created; Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77507,"identifier":"2.2-2902.1","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2902.1","url":"\/2.2-2902.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2902.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2902.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights of state employees to contact elected officials","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2902.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in this chapter or Chapter 12 (\u00a7 2.2-1200<\/a> et seq.) of this title shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict the right of any state employee to express opinions<\/span> to state or local elected officials on matters of public concern<\/span>, nor shall a state employee be subject to acts of retaliation because the employee has expressed such opinions<\/span>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section “matters of public concern<\/span>” means those matters of interest to the community as a whole, whether for social, political, or other reasons and shall include discussions that disclose any (i) evidence<\/span> of corruption, impropriety, or other malfeasance on the part of government officials; (ii) violations of law<\/span>; or (iii) incidence of fraud<\/span>, abuse, or gross mismanagement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS OF STATE EMPLOYEES TO CONTACT ELECTED OFFICIALS (\u00a7 2.2-2902.1)\n\nNothing in this chapter or Chapter 12 (\u00a7 2.2-1200 et seq.) of this title shall\nbe construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict the right of any state employee\nto express opinions to state or local elected officials on matters of public\nconcern, nor shall a state employee be subject to acts of retaliation because\nthe employee has expressed such opinions.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section “matters of public concern” means\nthose matters of interest to the community as a whole, whether for social,\npolitical, or other reasons and shall include discussions that disclose any (i)\nevidence of corruption, impropriety, or other malfeasance on the part of\ngovernment officials; (ii) violations of law; or (iii) incidence of fraud,\nabuse, or gross mismanagement.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 483.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}