                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING REQUIRED; LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (§ 30-129.4)

A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
			&#8220;Legislative branch employee&#8221; means (i) a General Assembly
member; (ii) a General Assembly member&#8217;s legislative assistant or other
legislative staff compensated in whole, or in part, with state appropriations,
working full-time for the member; and (iii) all other full-time employees of
each legislative branch agency of the Commonwealth.
			&#8220;Sexual harassment&#8221; means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for
sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when such
conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual&#8217;s employment,
unreasonably interferes with an individual&#8217;s work performance, or creates
an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

B. 1. Every legislative branch employee shall once every two calendar years
complete a sexual harassment training course provided by the Office of the Clerk
of the House of Delegates or the Office of the Clerk of the Senate. The sexual
harassment training course shall be (i) provided online; (ii) available 24 hours
per day, seven days per week; and (iii) substantially similar to any sexual
harassment training course offered through the Commonwealth of Virginia Learning
Center administered by the Department of Human Resource Management.

   2. Legislative branch employees who are (i) members elected to the House of
   Delegates or legislative assistants or staff for such members or (ii) officers
   or employees of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates shall
   complete the sexual harassment training course provided by the Clerk of the
   House of Delegates. Legislative branch employees who are (a) members elected
   to the Senate or legislative assistants or staff for such members or (b)
   officers or employees of the Office of the Clerk of the Senate shall complete
   the sexual harassment training course provided by the Clerk of the Senate. All
   other legislative branch employees shall complete the sexual harassment
   training course provided by either the Clerk of the House of Delegates or the
   Clerk of the Senate. The content of the sexual harassment training course
   provided by the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate
   shall be substantially similar.

C. 1. The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate shall
maintain records for members elected to the House of Delegates and the Senate,
respectively, completing the sexual harassment training course. Each record at a
minimum shall include the name of the General Assembly member completing the
training, the date on which the training was successfully completed, and the
name of the training course. The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk
of the Senate shall keep such records for at least five years for public
inspection.

   2. By no later than July 1, 2019, the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the
   Clerk of the Senate shall ensure that the sexual harassment training course is
   developed and provided in a manner such that a person successfully completing
   the training course will have a means to print a certificate of course
   completion that includes the person&#8217;s name, the name of the state agency
   employing the person, the date on which the training was successfully
   completed, the name of the training course, and a unique serial number or
   other unique identifying information for each certificate.

HISTORY: 2018, cc. 777, 781.