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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":182799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80774,"identifier":"22.1-289.044","token":"22.1\/14.1\/6\/22.1-289.044","url":"\/22.1-289.044\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.044\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/6\/22.1-289.044","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retaliation or discrimination against complainants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.044","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No child day program<\/span> or family day system<\/span> shall retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department<\/span> or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract<\/span> with an agency of government having responsibility for protecting the rights of children in child day programs<\/span> and family day systems<\/span>, (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law<\/span>, or (iii) assists any person in asserting such right.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETALIATION OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COMPLAINANTS (\u00a7 22.1-289.044)\n\nNo child day program or family day system shall retaliate or discriminate in any\nmanner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides\ninformation to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency\nof government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of\ngovernment having responsibility for protecting the rights of children in child\nday programs and family day systems, (ii) attempts to assert any right protected\nby state or federal law, or (iii) assists any person in asserting such right.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.","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}}