Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
Summary
Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabisoil. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminatingagainst an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis oilpursuant 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 byexcluding the employees of the Commonwealth and other public bodiesfrom such protections.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 23, 2024
How they voted
30–10
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 8, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
12
Committee
6
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB391ER)
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (80-Y 18-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
Co
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
Co
Saddam Salim
DDemocratic
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