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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1862 Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis oil pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitioner for the treatment or to eliminate the symptoms of the employee's diagnosed condition or disease. The bill provides that such prohibition does not (i) restrict an employer's ability to take any adverse employment action for any work impairment caused by the use of cannabis oil or to prohibit possession during work hours; (ii) require an employer to commit any act that would cause the employer to be in violation of federal law or that would result in the loss of a federal contract or federal funding; or (iii) require any defense industrial base sector employer or prospective employer to hire or retain any applicant or employee who tests positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in excess of certain amounts.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101426D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21101426D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1862ER) pdf
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101426D
- 01/07/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Read first time
- 02/01/21 House: Read second time
- 02/01/21 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1862E
- 02/01/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21101426D-E
- 02/02/21 House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 1-A)
- 02/02/21 House: VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N 1-A)
- 02/03/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/21 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/24/21 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/21 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (26-Y 13-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/21 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (79-Y 18-N)
- 02/25/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 18-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1862ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/25/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 395 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/25/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395)