VA SB529 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

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

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 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.

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Title

Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

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

History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-19SenateIncorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2024-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2024-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103170D

Same As/Similar To

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)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
40127.4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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