“Without some type of enforcement mechanism, they will continue to substitute their own opinions and their own wishes over the law of the state of Utah.”
By Alixel Cabrera, Utah News Dispatch
Routine annual clean-up legislation on medical cannabis aims to fine-tune a number of issues around the permitted use of marijuana. One of them is treating cannabis as a regular medicine in cases of workplace discrimination.
Some Utah municipalities have asked employees to disclose if they are medical cannabis cardholders and then used that information to retaliate against them, said Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, who is sponsoring the bill. That’s against state law. Utah code, however, doesn’t delineate any consequences for those who break the law.
SB233, titled Medical Cannabis Amendments, tries to find punishment for those discrimination cases by withholding future state appropriations from state agencies or other political subdivisions, the bill reads.
The bill had already passed a first vote by the Senate but the sponsor circled it to address concerns about penalties.
“We create a due process for people to go to the Labor Commission like they will do with any other type of discriminatory practices,” Escamilla told reporters on Tuesday, “and
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