ESSB 5123 — Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis.

What this bill does

Prohibits employers from discriminating against a person in an initial hiring decision based on the person's use of cannabis outside of work or based on a finding of nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolites in an employer-required drug screening test, subject to certain exceptions and other limitations.

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Floor votes

• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 29, 2023
  57 yea · 41 nay
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 18, 2023
  56 yea · 41 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 19, 2023
  30 yea · 18 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 22, 2023
  28 yea · 21 nay

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