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LA HB460Introducedas of 2026-02-26

Provides relative to employment discrimination against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana

Plain-English summary

What happened: A Louisiana bill referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations would prohibit employment discrimination against workers who use medical marijuana as part of their treatment.

Why it matters: Protections for medical marijuana patients in the workplace could expand the qualifying patient workforce available to cannabis businesses and reduce termination-related liability exposure for employers.

Affects: retailers and cultivators and labs and patients

LATEST ACTION: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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