HB 1247 (2022) -  Medical Marijuana Public Employee Protection

General Bill by Grieco
Medical Marijuana Public Employee Protection: Prohibits employer from taking adverse personnel action against employee or job applicant who is qualified patient using medical marijuana; provides exceptions; requires employer to provide written notice of employee or job applicant's right to explain positive marijuana test result within specified timeframe; provides procedures when employee or job applicant tests positive for marijuana; provides cause of action & damages.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Event: Died in Government Operations Subcommittee on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:03 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1606 Subject: Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:03 PM Member: Committee: Government Operations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2022 - 1:06 PM Member: Committee: Government Operations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to State Affairs Committee Time: 01/12/2022 - 1:06 PM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Appropriations Committee Time: 01/12/2022 - 1:06 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2022 - 1:06 PM Member: Committee: Professions & Public Health Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee Time: 01/12/2022 - 1:06 PM Member: Committee: Government Operations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/11/2022 - 9:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 01/06/2022 - 12:26 PM Member: Grieco Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
112.219 CS/HB 317, CS/CS/SB 514, SB 1606