GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 313 2024 Regular Session Mandie Landry
EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATION: Provides relative to employment discrimination
against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana.
DIGEST
Present law prohibits a state employer from subjecting an employee or prospective employee
to negative employment consequences based solely on a positive drug test for marijuana if
the employee or prospective employee has been clinically diagnosed as suffering from a
debilitating medical condition and a licensed physician has recommended marijuana for
therapeutic use by the employee in accordance present law.
Proposed law prohibits an employer of a city, parish, or municipality from subjecting
negative employment consequences on an employee or prospective employee.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Present law does not prohibit the imposition of negative employment consequences on an
employee who uses or is impaired by marijuana on the premises of the employer or during
work hours or an employee whose principal responsibility is to operate a state vehicle,
maintain a state vehicle, or supervise any employee who drives or maintains a state vehicle.
Proposed law makes present law applicable to any employee, any part of whose job
responsibility involves operation or maintenance of a local or municipal vehicle or supervises
such employee. Proposed law also makes present law applicable to the operator of heavy
equipment.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Present law provides that the provisions of present law do not apply to emergency medical
services, law enforcement, public safety officials, any state employee of the horse racing
commission, and firefighter services.
Proposed law extends this exemption to any elected officials of a city, parish, or
municipality.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 49:1016)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial
Relations to the engrossed bill
1. Expand coverage of certain present law to local and municipal vehicles and
an operator of heavy equipment.
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Prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.


Statutes affected:
HB313 Original: 49:1016(A)
HB313 Engrossed: 49:1016(A)