Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
Summary
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabisproduct. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminatingagainst an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis productpursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitionerfor the treatment or to eliminate the symptoms of the employee'sdiagnosed condition or disease, with certain exceptions, by specifyingthat such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and thatsuch protections extend to the employees of the Commonwealth andother public bodies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
13
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB149E
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
Co
Phil Hernandez
DDemocratic
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