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Such training course shall be an online course provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Services at no cost to the hotel proprietor and its employees pursuant to § 9.1-102 or an alternative online or in-person training course approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall approve or disapprove of the use of any alternative online or in-person training course within 60 days of the submission of such training course for approval.C\n\nEach hotel employee shall complete the required training course described in subsection B within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years commencing with the date on which he last completed the required training course, for as long as he is employed by a hotel.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234016,"text":"As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Employee” means any person employed by a hotel that (i) has frequent or regular interactions with guests, such as front desk staff, hotel porters, hotel concierge, restaurant waiting and bartending staff, or room service staff; (ii) is in a management position; or (iii) has access to the guest’s room, including housekeeping staff.\n\t\t\t“Hotel” does not include a short-term rental property as defined in § 58.1-3510.4.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":234017,"text":"Every hotel proprietor shall require its employees to complete a training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. 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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 751<\/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":[{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64293,"identifier":"35.1-15.1","token":"35.1\/2\/35.1-15.1","url":"\/35.1-15.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/35.1-15.1\/","token":"35.1\/2\/35.1-15.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required human trafficking training","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 35.1-15.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Employee<\/span>” means any person<\/span> employed by a hotel<\/span> that (i) has frequent or regular interactions with guests, such as front desk staff, hotel<\/span> porters, hotel<\/span> concierge, restaurant waiting and bartending staff, or room service staff; (ii) is in a management position; or (iii) has access to the guest’s room, including housekeeping staff.\n\t\t\t“Hotel<\/span>” does not include a short-term rental property as defined in § 58.1-3510.4<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every hotel<\/span> proprietor shall require its employees<\/span> to complete a training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. Such training course shall be an online course provided by the Department<\/span> of Criminal Justice Services at no cost to the hotel<\/span> proprietor and its employees<\/span> pursuant to § 9.1-102<\/a> or an alternative online or in-person<\/span> training course approved by the Department<\/span> of Criminal Justice Services. The Department<\/span> of Criminal Justice Services shall approve or disapprove of the use of any alternative online or in-person<\/span> training course within 60 days of the submission of such training course for approval. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Each hotel<\/span> employee<\/span> shall complete the required training course described in subsection B within six months of being employed by a hotel<\/span> and thereafter at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years commencing with the date on which he last completed the required training course, for as long as he is employed by a hotel<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING (\u00a7 35.1-15.1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Employee” means any person employed by a hotel that (i) has\nfrequent or regular interactions with guests, such as front desk staff, hotel\nporters, hotel concierge, restaurant waiting and bartending staff, or room\nservice staff; (ii) is in a management position; or (iii) has access to the\nguest’s room, including housekeeping staff.\n\t\t\t“Hotel” does not include a short-term rental property as defined\nin § 58.1-3510.4.\n\nB. Every hotel proprietor shall require its employees to complete a training\ncourse on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking.\nSuch training course shall be an online course provided by the Department of\nCriminal Justice Services at no cost to the hotel proprietor and its employees\npursuant to § 9.1-102 or an alternative online or in-person training course\napproved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The Department of\nCriminal Justice Services shall approve or disapprove of the use of any\nalternative online or in-person training course within 60 days of the submission\nof such training course for approval.\n\nC. Each hotel employee shall complete the required training course described in\nsubsection B within six months of being employed by a hotel and thereafter at\nleast once during each consecutive period of two calendar years commencing with\nthe date on which he last completed the required training course, for as long as\nhe is employed by a hotel.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 751.","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}}