Virginia House Bill 1873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
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 by excluding the employees of the Commonwealth and other public bodies from such protections.

Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)
2023-01-25	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100658D

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?231+sum+HB1873
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1873+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104365D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0015+HB1873