8 states currently have a real, state-wide training mandate for private employers. The other 42 do not, and this page says so plainly rather than staying silent or implying a requirement that does not exist. Plenty of vendors publish a confident fifty-state table of hours and deadlines regardless of whether the law backs it up. Buyers act on those tables, and a wrong number is a compliance failure the vendor caused.
For a mandate state, this page publishes the statutory reference our own course material cites and a link to the state agency for everything else. For a no-mandate state, it says so and points to the federal Title VII baseline instead. Where we do not have a source, the page says that too, rather than filling the gap.
States with a real training mandate
States with no state-wide mandate
No state law requiring private-employer training, as of 2026-09-03. Federal Title VII still applies, and training is still good practice even where it is not required.
Local requirements on top of a state mandate
Some cities and specific worker categories carry a real, separate obligation beyond their state's rule.