Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) has signed a bill to bolster marijuana-related protections for working professionals in the state—effectively codifying an executive order he issued last year.
The legislation from Sen. Kevin Van Winkle (R), which was approved by the legislature last month, prohibits regulators from denying or revoking professional certifications, registrations or licenses to people based solely on prior civil or criminal violations over cannabis-related activity that’s been made legal in the state.
If a person’s licensure or certification was previously impacted because of a marijuana issue, that also couldn’t be used as the basis for disciplinary action going forward.
Additionally, the legislation prevents regulators from denying licensing over past cannabis-related professional disciplinary action that occurred anywhere else in the U.S. so long as the violation concerned activity that’s lawful in Colorado, as NewsBreak first reported.
This builds on Polis’s executive order that he signed last year to provide broad professional licensing protections for workers who use marijuana in compliance with state law. That order has also prevented state agencies from assisting in any out-of-state investigations related to lawful cannabis conduct that could result in employment penalties.
The governor said that the policy was especially necessary to avoid deterring
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