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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83736,"section_number":"2.2-520","catch_line":"Office of Civil Rights created; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-520\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85654,"identifier":"2.2-523","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-523","url":"\/2.2-523\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-523\/","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-523","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality of information; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-523","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Office shall not make public, prior to a public hearing<\/span> pursuant to § 2.2-520<\/a>, investigative notes and other correspondence and information furnished to the Office in confidence with respect to an investigation or conciliation process involving an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section, however, shall prohibit the distribution of information taken from inactive reports in a form that does not reveal the identity of the parties involved or other persons supplying information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION; PENALTY (\u00a7 2.2-523)\n\nA. The Office shall not make public, prior to a public hearing pursuant to\n§ 2.2-520, investigative notes and other correspondence and information\nfurnished to the Office in confidence with respect to an investigation or\nconciliation process involving an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice.\n\nB. Nothing in this section, however, shall prohibit the distribution of\ninformation taken from inactive reports in a form that does not reveal the\nidentity of the parties involved or other persons supplying information.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 581, \u00a7 2.1-723; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 2.2-2637; 2012, cc. 803,\n835; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 196.","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}}