2024):This bill amends the FEHA by adding a provision explicitly protecting a person's off-site, off-duty marijuana use. The bill prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants or employees because they have 1) used cannabis off the job and away from the workplace; or 2) were ...
The use of cannabis has been lawful in California since 2016. Two new laws take effect January 1 that restrict an employer’s ability to take action against an employee for off-duty (and off-site) cannabis use. Nothing in these new laws – or any law – protect an employee who is unde...
New California Cannabis Laws: Protections for Off-Hour Use As of January 1, 2024, California has implemented Assembly Bill 2188, providing certain employees with protection against discrimination related to off-duty cannabis use. Governor Gavin ... Read More by CWB July 12, 2023 CANNABIS POLICY...
New California Laws 2024: Part 8 includes cannabis to solar energy... Sacramento, Calif.- Part 8 in New California Laws for 2024 includes laws currently chaptered in the 2023-24 legislative session. This installment includes laws on diversity curriculum, cannabis, solar energy systems, child supp...
The new law comes as the state continues to battle against illicit sales of cannabis, which are believed to have surpassed $8 billion in 2023, according to cannabis research firm Global Go Analytics. Cannabis was legalized in California in 2016 under voter-...
Employers need to know how these laws affect paid sick leave, wages and salaries, cannabis use and more.
Below is a selection of California’s state laws and regulations for cannabis, as well as other resources. STATE LAWS “California Cannabis Laws and Regulations: 2022 Edition” Book by Omar Figueroa Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) Provisions in the Business ...
(cannabis) California is moving toward adopting official "appellations" for cannabis, certifying a strain's regional origin. The concept is inspired by the wine industry, where such a certification system has long been in place in several producer countr
In 2021, lawmakers proposed about 30 new cannabis laws addressing a range of topics including state licensing authority consolidation, cannabis billboard advertising, cannabis testing, pets, delivery, unlicensed activity, employment discrimination, provisional licenses, CEQA, hemp, terminally ...
The State Legislature is somewhat restricted in changing California cannabis laws. The Control Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved asProposition 64at the November 8, 2016, statewide California general election, authorizes the California Legislature...