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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 4<\/a> and 85<\/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 4 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 1997, chapter 711<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1137<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 148<\/a> and 149<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80462,"section_number":"2.2-1202.1","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Director; employment dispute resolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1202.1\/"},{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84937,"identifier":"51.1-124.27","token":"51.1\/1\/2.1\/51.1-124.27","url":"\/51.1-124.27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-124.27\/","token":"51.1\/1\/2.1\/51.1-124.27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employees of the Retirement System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-124.27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The officers and employees<\/span> of the Virginia Retirement System<\/span> shall be exempt from the provisions of \u00a7 2.2-1202.1<\/a> and of the Virginia Personnel Act (\u00a7 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.). Personnel actions shall be taken without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, or political affiliation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEES OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (\u00a7 51.1-124.27)\n\nThe officers and employees of the Virginia Retirement System shall be exempt\nfrom the provisions of \u00a7 2.2-1202.1 and of the Virginia Personnel Act (\u00a7\n2.2-2900 et seq.). Personnel actions shall be taken without regard to race, sex,\nsexual orientation, gender identity, color, national origin, religion, age,\ndisability, or political affiliation.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 4, 85; 1997, c. 711; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 1137; 2023,\ncc. 148, 149.","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}}