BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5517: Cannabis/employment

Concerning employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis.

Summary

Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire a prospective employee and discharging a current employee, with certain exceptions, due to a positive cannabis test.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5517), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5517 (2025–26) School staff salary alloc. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5517 (2023–24) Water resource mitigation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5517 (2019–20) Ambulance quality fee · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5517 (2017–18) GMA/rail dependent uses · Enacted · Chapter 18, Laws of 2017, 3rd Special Session
SB 5517 (2015–16) Sexual harassment prevention · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5517 (2013–14) Beer, wine tasting endorsmnt · Enacted · Chapter 52, Laws of 2013
SB 5517 (2011–12) Higher ed institutions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5517 (2009–10) Meat & poultry inspection · Did not pass · died in committee