Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020
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PR 23-0817 — Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020
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2ENROLLED CouncilmemberORIGINAL David Grosso 4 6 8 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ______________23-417 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________May 19, 2020 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 and the Department of Corrections Employee Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing Act of 1996 to prohibit the District of Columbia government from discriminating, in employment, against an individual for participation in a medical marijuana program.program;
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020”.
(a) On June 18, 2019, the Council passed the Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Emergency Amendment Act of 2019, enactedeffective on July 8, 2019 (D.C.
66 DCR 8089),8089) (“emergency act”), which expired on October 6, 2019.
(b) On July 9, 2019, the Council passed the Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Temporary Amendment Act of 2019, oneffective finalOctober reading,4, enacted2019 on September 5, 2019, (D.C.
66 DCR 15182).15182) (“temporary act”).
(c) On September 17, 2019, due to a delay in the transmission of the Medicaltemporary Marijuanaact, Program Patient Employment Protection Temporary Amendment Act of 2019, the Council passed the Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2019,2019 to prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and the anticipated effective date of the temporary act.
(d) The Medicaltemporary Marijuanaact Programis Patientset Employmentto Protectionexpire Temporaryon AmendmentJune Act5, of2020, 2019,and enactedno permanent legislation is in place because the work on Septemberthe 5,permanent 2019legislation (D.C.was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Act 23-114), is set to expire on June 5, 2020, and no permanent legislation is in place because the work on the permanent legislation was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic response.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History
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Retained by the Council
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Resolution R23-0417 Published in DC Register Vol 67 and Page 5498
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Final Reading
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PR23-0817 Introduced by Councilmember Grosso at Office of the Secretary
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- David Grosso · Primary
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- PR 23-0817 is sponsored by David Grosso.
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