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PA SB732

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Patrick Stefano

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act to add new definitions for "essential functions," "impaired," "safety-sensitive position," and "under the influence," with specific THC thresholds of 15 nanograms per milliliter in urine for determining impairment

  • Defines safety-sensitive positions broadly to include work at heights, confined spaces, vehicle operation, equipment operation, firefighting, utilities, handling hazardous materials, dispensing pharmaceuticals, carrying firearms, and direct patient/elder/child care

  • Allows employers to require drug testing for safety-sensitive positions, require disclosure of medical marijuana identification cards, and make adverse employment decisions against medical marijuana users in safety-sensitive roles after engaging in an interactive accommodation process

  • Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees solely based on their certified medical marijuana patient status, while protecting employers who act in good faith on observable impairment or workplace policy violations

  • Requires the Secretary of Labor and Industry to promulgate enforcement regulations and mandates that complainants exhaust all administrative remedies before filing civil actions; takes effect 60 days after enactment

Legislative Description

In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in patients, further providing for prohibitions; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for protections for patients and caregivers and providing for enforcement and civil actions; and promulgating regulations.

Last Action

Referred to Law & Justice

5/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Law & Justice5/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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