2nd UPDATE: After the first vote was expunged days ago, this bill came up again today and got out with 41 Aye Votes and 33 No
UPDATE: The call was lifted and the vote count actually went down to 38-34 before the record was then EXPUNGED of the vote…never happened.
Marijuana in the bloodstream would no longer be cause for an employer to terminate or not hire, a person that claims use for medicinal purposes. This would occur under AB 2279 that was up today on our floor. As I write, the bill is "on call" without enough votes, 39-33, to get it out. The bill has vague exceptions for what jobs may be seen as "safety-sensitive" but that I’m sure would require the joy of much litigating to iron out. Industries, like trucking, that have required drug testing, will they be exempt or not? In all or just certain related jobs?
Stats show among users that there are 55% more industrial accidents, 85% more injuries, and a 75% increase in absenteeism.
I had something else I was going to write about this but I forgot…but I do have the munchies.
-concept credit for that last crack goes to a colleague whom I will not name!-
May 28th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Good report, Assemblymember LaMalfa. Were you smoking when you said on the floor tonight that you haven’t seen any evidence that there’s global warming?!?! :)