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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 777<\/a> and 781<\/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":199543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80039,"identifier":"30-129.5","token":"30\/13.1\/30-129.5","url":"\/30-129.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-129.5\/","token":"30\/13.1\/30-129.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sexual harassment training for new employees and new General Assembly members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-129.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A (i) legislative branch employee commencing or recommencing employment or (ii) new member of the General Assembly elected after January 1, 2019, shall complete sexual harassment training required under this chapter within 90 days of commencing or recommencing employment or such election, unless the person previously completed such training in the calendar year in which the person commenced or recommenced employment as a legislative branch employee or was elected to the General Assembly. Thereafter, the legislative branch employee or new member of the General Assembly shall complete sexual harassment training once every two calendar years.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS\n(\u00a7 30-129.5)\n\nA (i) legislative branch employee commencing or recommencing employment or (ii)\nnew member of the General Assembly elected after January 1, 2019, shall complete\nsexual harassment training required under this chapter within 90 days of\ncommencing or recommencing employment or such election, unless the person\npreviously completed such training in the calendar year in which the person\ncommenced or recommenced employment as a legislative branch employee or was\nelected to the General Assembly. Thereafter, the legislative branch employee or\nnew member of the General Assembly shall complete sexual harassment training\nonce every two calendar years.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, cc. 777, 781.","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}}