Bill Text: WV HB4277 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing provision prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-26 - To House Health and Human Resources [HB4277 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2016-HB4277-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4277
By Delegates Fast, Gearheart, Shaffer and Kessinger
[Introduced January 26, 2016; referred to the committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to repeal §21-3-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to employer discrimination for use of tobacco products.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. SAFETY AND WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES.
§1. Repeal of section relating to prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products.
§21-3-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is hereby repealed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the provision prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products.