BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
SB 5662: Cannabis employees
Creating the cannabis employee job retention act.
Summary
- Creates the Cannabis Employee Job Retention Act to be administered by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I).
- Requires certain outgoing cannabis employers to provide, and certain incoming cannabis employers to utilize, a preferential hiring list when the cannabis business undergoes a change in control, and contains additional provisions regarding notice, compliance, records, protected rights, enforcement, appeals, and penalties.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2023
- Out of committeeJan 31, 2024
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)
- Introduced
- February 1, 2023 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 15, 2024
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to creating the cannabis employee job retention act;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Minority; do not pass.
- LC - Majority; do pass.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
SB 5662 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5662 (2025–26) Utility connection charges
- SB 5662 (2021–22) Right-of-way camping/housing
- SB 5662 (2019–20) Cloud computing solutions
- SB 5662 (2017–18) Prof. educator standards brd
- SB 5662 (2015–16) Brewery promotional items
- SB 5662 (2013–14) Storage facilities
- SB 5662 (2011–12) In-state contractors
- SB 5662 (2009–10) Senior property tax programs