HB 461 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.

Summary
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 cannabis oil under the laws of the Commonwealth. 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, with certain exceptions. Under the bill, the term "employer" includes the Commonwealth and any of its political subdivisions or agencies.
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Jan 2022
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Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Jan 11, 2022
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
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Jan 11, 2022
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101130D
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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