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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 303 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. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1986, chapter 395; in 1988, chapter 635; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1992, chapter 469.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":73623,"section_number":"18.2-67.1","catch_line":"Forcible sodomy","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.1\/"},{"id":85126,"section_number":"18.2-67.3","catch_line":"Aggravated sexual battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.3\/"},{"id":67699,"section_number":"18.2-67.4","catch_line":"Sexual battery","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67062,"identifier":"65.2-301","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-301","url":"\/65.2-301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-301\/","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Victims of sexual assault","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any employee who, in the course of employment, is sexually assaulted, as defined in §§ 18.2-61<\/a>, 18.2-67.1<\/a>, 18.2-67.3<\/a>, or § 18.2-67.4<\/a>, and promptly reports the assault<\/span> to the appropriate law<\/span>-enforcement authority, where the nature of such employment substantially increases the risk of such assault<\/span>, upon a proper showing of damages<\/span> compensable under this title, shall be deemed to have suffered an injury<\/span> arising out of the employment and shall have a valid claim for workers’ compensation benefits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, an employee who is sexually assaulted and can identify the attacker may elect to pursue an action-at-law<\/span> against the attacker, even if the attacker is the assaulted employee’s employer<\/span> or co-employee, for full damages<\/span> resulting from such assault<\/span> in lieu of pursuing benefits under this title, and upon repayment of any benefits received under this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this title shall create a remedy for sexual harassment nor shall this title bar any action at law<\/span>, that might otherwise exist, by an employee who is sexually harassed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT (\u00a7 65.2-301)\n\nA. Any employee who, in the course of employment, is sexually assaulted, as\ndefined in §§ 18.2-61, 18.2-67.1, 18.2-67.3, or § 18.2-67.4, and\npromptly reports the assault to the appropriate law-enforcement authority, where\nthe nature of such employment substantially increases the risk of such assault,\nupon a proper showing of damages compensable under this title, shall be deemed\nto have suffered an injury arising out of the employment and shall have a valid\nclaim for workers’ compensation benefits.\n\nB. Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, an employee who is sexually\nassaulted and can identify the attacker may elect to pursue an action-at-law\nagainst the attacker, even if the attacker is the assaulted employee’s\nemployer or co-employee, for full damages resulting from such assault in lieu of\npursuing benefits under this title, and upon repayment of any benefits received\nunder this title.\n\nC. Nothing in this title shall create a remedy for sexual harassment nor shall\nthis title bar any action at law, that might otherwise exist, by an employee who\nis sexually harassed.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 303, \u00a7 65.1-23.1; 1986, c. 395; 1988, c. 635; 1991, c. 355;\n1992, c. 469.","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}}