Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
HB 1543 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2518
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1543
AN ACT relative to employee drug testing.
SPONSORS: Rep. Klein-Knight, Hills. 11; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Adjutant, Graf. 17
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits an employer from using a failed drug test for cannabis use as grounds for terminating the employment of, or to deny promotion to, any employee.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2518
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to employee drug testing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Employee Drug Testing. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 77 the following new subdivision:
Employee Drug Testing
275:78 Protections for Failed Drug Test for Cannabis Use. No employer shall use a failed drug test for cannabis use as grounds for terminating the employment of, or to deny promotion to, any employee.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.