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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1089
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5956
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING CA NNABIS AND THE WORKPLACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) No employer is required 1
to make accommodations for an employee or allow an employee to (1) 2
perform his or her duties while under the influence of a cannabis-type 3
substance, as defined in section 21a-240 of the general statutes, or (2) 4
possess, smoke or otherwise consume a cannabis-type substance while 5
performing such duties. 6
(b) For purposes of this section, "employer" and "employee" mean 7
employer and employee, each as defined in section 31-40q of the 8
general statutes. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To provide that no employer is required to make accommodations for
or allow employees to use or possess cannabis in the workplace.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]