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IN HB1196
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Harman
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AI Summary
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Removes prohibition on employers requiring employees or prospective employees to refrain from using tobacco products outside of work as a condition of employment.
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Eliminates civil cause of action that allowed employees or prospective employees to sue employers for tobacco use restrictions.
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Allows employers to implement financial incentives related to employee health benefits designed to reduce tobacco use.
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Courts may no longer award actual damages, court costs, and attorney's fees to employees or prospective employees for violations.
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Effective date: July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Use of tobacco by prospective employee. Removes the prohibition against an employer requiring, as a condition of employment, that a prospective employee refrain from using tobacco products outside the course of the prospective employee's employment. Removes the civil cause of action that a prospective employee could have brought against an employer for requiring the prospective employee, as a condition of employment, to refrain from using tobacco products outside the course of the prospective employee's employment.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/7/2016