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2024 SESSION
HB 149 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. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful use of medical cannabis oil, with certain exceptions, by specifying that such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and by including the employees, other than law-enforcement officers, of the Commonwealth and other public bodies in such protections. This bill is identical to SB 391.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100935D pdf
- 01/26/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24100935D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108207D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/02/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100935D
- 01/02/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/15/24 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/18/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N)
- 01/25/24 House: Read first time
- 01/26/24 House: Read second time
- 01/26/24 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/26/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB149E
- 01/26/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24100935D-E
- 01/29/24 House: Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N)
- 01/29/24 House: VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N)
- 01/30/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/23/24 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108207D-S1
- 02/26/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/27/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108207D-S1
- 02/27/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB149S1
- 02/27/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
- 02/29/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108207D-S1 (82-Y 17-N)
- 02/29/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 17-N)
- 03/06/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER)
- 03/06/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)