                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIRED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING (§ 35.1-15.1)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Employee&#8221; 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&#8217;s room, including housekeeping staff.
			&#8220;Hotel&#8221; does not include a short-term rental property as defined
in &#xA7; 58.1-3510.4.

B. Every hotel proprietor shall require its employees 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 of
Criminal Justice Services at no cost to the hotel proprietor and its employees
pursuant to &#xA7; 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. Each 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.

HISTORY: 2022, c. 751.