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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1089
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING CA NNABIS AND THE WORKP LACE.
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, or (2) possess, use or otherwise consume a cannabis-type 4
substance while performing such duties. 5
(b) An employer may implement a policy prohibiting the 6
possession, use or other consumption of a cannabis-type substance by 7
an employee, except as provided in section 21a-408p of the general 8
statutes, provided such policy is (1) in writing, (2) equally applicable to 9
each employee, and (3) provided to each employee prior to the 10
enactment of such policy. The employer shall provide any such 11
enacted policy in writing to each prospective employee at the time an 12
offer of employment is made by the employer to the prospective 13
employee. 14
(c) For purposes of this section, "cannabis-type substance" means 15
cannabis-type substance, as defined in section 21a-240 of the general 16
statutes, and "employer" and "employee" mean employer and 17
employee, each as defined in section 31-40q of the general statutes. 18 Substitute Bill No. 1089
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.