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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 340<\/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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2014, chapter 403<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 292<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77912,"section_number":"2.2-3705.3","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to administrative investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":175995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70276,"identifier":"2.2-3009","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30.1\/2.2-3009","url":"\/2.2-3009\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3009\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30.1\/2.2-3009","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3009","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth that citizens of the Commonwealth and employees<\/span> of governmental agencies be freely able to report instances of wrongdoing<\/span> or abuse<\/span> committed by governmental agencies or independent contractors of governmental agencies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY (\u00a7 2.2-3009)\n\nIt shall be the policy of the Commonwealth that citizens of the Commonwealth and\nemployees of governmental agencies be freely able to report instances of\nwrongdoing or abuse committed by governmental agencies or independent\ncontractors of governmental agencies.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 340; 2014, c. 403; 2016, c. 292.","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}}