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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 792<\/a> and 804<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapters 829<\/a> and 832<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61753,"section_number":"30-356","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Council","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-356\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76882,"section_number":"30-111","catch_line":"Disclosure form","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-111\/"}],"permalink":{"id":199525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65469,"identifier":"30-129.1","token":"30\/13\/6\/30-129.1","url":"\/30-129.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-129.1\/","token":"30\/13\/6\/30-129.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Orientation sessions on ethics and conflicts of interests","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-129.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Council<\/span> shall conduct an orientation session (i) for new and returning General Assembly members preceding each even-numbered year regular session and (ii) for any new General Assembly member who is elected in a special election and whose term commences after the date of the orientation session provided for in clause (i) and at least six months before the date of the next such orientation session within three months of his election. Attendance at the full orientation session shall be mandatory for newly elected members. Attendance at a refresher session shall be mandatory for returning members and may be accomplished by online participation. There shall be no penalty<\/span> for the failure of a member to attend the full or refresher orientation session, but the member must disclose his attendance pursuant to \u00a7 30-111<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORIENTATION SESSIONS ON ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS (\u00a7 30-129.1)\n\nThe Council shall conduct an orientation session (i) for new and returning\nGeneral Assembly members preceding each even-numbered year regular session and\n(ii) for any new General Assembly member who is elected in a special election\nand whose term commences after the date of the orientation session provided for\nin clause (i) and at least six months before the date of the next such\norientation session within three months of his election. Attendance at the full\norientation session shall be mandatory for newly elected members. Attendance at\na refresher session shall be mandatory for returning members and may be\naccomplished by online participation. There shall be no penalty for the failure\nof a member to attend the full or refresher orientation session, but the member\nmust disclose his attendance pursuant to \u00a7 30-111.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 792, 804; 2017, cc. 829, 832.","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}}