Bill > A3870

Introduced Session

This bill amends the Cannabis Regulatory Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-31 et seq.) to prohibit certain categories of employees from the personal use of recreational cannabis. Specifically, this bill permits an employer to prohibit any use of cannabis if the person operates heavy machinery or weapons, or whose use of cannabis would put the public at risk. Further, this bill permits employers of law enforcement officers to prohibit use of cannabis. This bill defines "heavy machinery" as heavy-duty vehicles, designed for executing construction, industrial, or forestry tasks. "Heavy machinery" may include backhoes, tractors, dump trucks, front-end loaders, excavators, cranes, and bulldozes. This bill also defines "weapons" as anything readily capable of lethal use or of inflicting serious bodily injury and includes, but is not limited to, firearms, tasers, and knives. Finally, the bill defines a "law enforcement officer" as a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for the detention, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State. All employees prohibited from recreational cannabis use pursuant to the bill's provisions are subject to employer policies as it relates to employee drug testing.

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Beth Sawyer (R)*,  Edward Thomson (R)*,  Sean Kean (R),  Brandon Umba (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (on 05/09/2022)

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