HB 1029 Summary

• Removes the prohibition against employers requiring prospective employees to refrain from using tobacco products outside of work as a condition of employment.

• Eliminates the civil cause of action that prospective employees could bring against employers for tobacco use restrictions outside the course of employment.

• Allows employers to implement financial incentives related to employee health benefits that are intended to reduce tobacco use.

• Maintains protections for current employees by continuing to prohibit employers from requiring employees to refrain from tobacco use outside work or from discriminating against employees based on off-duty tobacco use.

• Effective date: July 1, 2014.