Bill Quirk
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination, abridgment, or harassment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status. The act prohibits various forms of employment discrimination and empowers the Civil Rights Department to investigate and prosecute complaints alleging unlawful practices. This bill, on and after January 1, 2024, would also make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person, if the discrimination is based upon the person's use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace, except for preemployment drug screening, as specified, or upon an employer-required drug screening test that has found the person to have nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolites in their hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids. The bill would exempt certain applicants and employees from the bill's provisions, including employees in the building and construction trades and applicants and employees in positions requiring a federal background investigation or clearance, as specified. The bill would specify that the bill does not preempt state or federal laws requiring applicants or employees to be tested for controlled substances as a condition of employment, receiving federal funding or federal licensing-related benefits, or entering into a federal contract.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 392, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 18.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5209.).
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 23.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2188 | HTML |
| 02/15/22 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/13/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/30/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/25/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/18/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/18/22- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 04/22/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/18/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/27/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 07/29/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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