Bill Text: WV HB2689 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing the provision prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - To House Health and Human Resources [HB2689 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2016-HB2689-Introduced.html
West Virginia Legislature
2016 Regular Session
Introduced
House Bill 2689
2015 Carryover
(By Delegates Fast, Kessinger, Hill, J. Nelson and Kurcaba)
[Introduced January 13, 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§21-3-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is hereby repealed.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.