Virginia Senate Bill 529

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-19 - Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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 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, by specifying that such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and that such protections extend to the employees of the Commonwealth and other public bodies.

Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.

Sen. Emily Brewer [R]

2024-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-19	Senate	Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103170D

HB149 (Similar To) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)
SB391 (Similar To) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	27.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB529
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB529+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S09V0031+SB0529