Pending Legislation, Employment Policies, Recreational Use

What Employers Need to Know About Pennsylvania’s Pending Cannabis, Equal Pay, and Non-Compete Legislation

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 5/30/2025

As of May 2025, the Cannabis Health and Safety Act (House Bill 1200) is pending in the Senate awaiting revisions by the Law and Justice Committee. The act proposes a wide swath of “decriminalization” of the production, sale,...more

Minnesota Legislature Passes New Recreational Marijuana Bill

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/25/2023

We are close to the end of the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, and the legislature has left employers in the weeds with all the drastic changes. Namely, the legislature sent Minnesota’s recreational marijuana bill to...more

A Tidal Wave of Employment-Related Activity in the Minnesota Legislature

Lathrop GPM on 5/8/2023

The current 2023 Minnesota legislative session has been a whirlwind of activity and may prove to be the most consequential year in recent history for many employers doing business in the state. Below is a summary of proposed...more

California Passes Bill Protecting Employees’ Off-Duty Marijuana Use

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/7/2022

California employers may soon be barred from discharging employees or refusing to hire individuals based on their off-duty use of marijuana, under a new bill headed to the governor’s desk. On August 30, 2022, the...more

Illinois’ Legalization of Marijuana May Change the Drug-Free Workplace Landscape

Vedder Price on 6/21/2019

Recreational cannabis is poised to become legal in Illinois in 2020, and Illinois employers should consider the impact now. In late May 2019, the Illinois House and Senate approved the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the...more

Time For Paranoia? The ‘Legalization’ Of Marijuana In Illinois And The Workplace Ramifications

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2019

Illinois lawmakers recently approved House Bill 1438, referred to as the “Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act,” legalizing recreational marijuana. Governor Pritzker is expected to sign the bill into law, making Illinois the 11th...more

Illinois Legislature Legalizes Recreational Marijuana - An Overview of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/3/2019

• On May 31, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly adopted the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the Act) – legalizing the sale, possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes by adults over age 21 starting Jan. 1,...more

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