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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 693<\/a> and 694<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":1412413,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355603,"identifier":"23.1-820","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/4\/23.1-820","url":"\/23.1-820\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-820\/","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/4\/23.1-820","dublin_core":{"Title":"\nHazing prevention training; current members, new members, potential new members, and advisors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-820","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each institution<\/span> shall provide to each current member, new member, and potential new member<\/span> of each student organization with new members<\/span> hazing<\/span> prevention training that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing<\/span>, the dangers of hazing<\/span>, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing<\/span> laws<\/span> and institution<\/span> policies and information explaining that the institution<\/span>’s disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process. If a student organization with new members<\/span> has an advisor, such advisor shall receive such hazing<\/span> prevention training.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n\nHAZING PREVENTION TRAINING; CURRENT MEMBERS, NEW MEMBERS, POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS,\nAND ADVISORS (\u00a7 23.1-820)\n\nEach institution shall provide to each current member, new member, and potential\nnew member of each student organization with new members hazing prevention\ntraining that includes extensive, current, and in-person education about hazing,\nthe dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and\ninstitution policies and information explaining that the institution’s\ndisciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal\nprocess. If a student organization with new members has an advisor, such advisor\nshall receive such hazing prevention training.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 693, 694.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}