SB 610 – Enacts new provisions allowing employer policies relating to employee drug use

• Sponsor: Sater
• LR Number: 3803S.01I
• Committee: Small Business and Industry
• Last Action: 2/27/2020 - Voted Do Pass S Small Business and Industry Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2020

Current Bill Summary

SB 610 - This act provides that an employer may refuse to accommodate the use of marijuana on its premises for any use described in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution. The act further provides that an employer may institute a random drug-testing policy. Receipt of a positive drug test for marijuana may be considered grounds for dismissal in the case of an employee or, in the case of a prospective employee, refusal of employment.

This act is identical to a provision in SCS/HB 1559 (2020) and SB 227 (2019).

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Amendments

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