HB 313 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Provides relative to employment discrimination against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana

This bill clarifies how employment laws apply to workers who use medical marijuana. It ensures that employees cannot be fired or disciplined solely for having a valid medical marijuana prescription, but it explicitly allows employers to take action if an employee uses the drug or is impaired while on the job or driving company vehicles. The changes specifically protect workers from discrimination based on their medical status while maintaining safety rules for those operating vehicles or heavy equipment during work hours.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2024 Last action May 28, 2024
Floor votes · House Apr 24, 2024

How they voted

6333
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 102
Apr 24, 2024
D Democratic32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
R Republican70
32 Yea 32 Nay 6
45% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
7
May 16, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 35. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-3).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Discharged from the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors