FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2025

 

March 8, 2025

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 230, as amended

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

    1. On page 1, line 14, after the semicolon, insert "MAKING CERTAIN EVIDENCE INADMISSIBLE IN CIVIL CASES;". 

 

    2. On page 2, line 11, strike "significant".

 

    3. On page 2, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following new subsection:

 

"D. Evidence of an employee's positive cannabis test that relied solely on the presence of metabolites or components of cannabis without further evidence of cannabis impairment as defined in this section is inadmissible in a civil case exposing the employer to liability arising out of the employee's on-duty conduct.".

 

    4. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

 

                             

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

                                                                 

Christine Chandler, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

The roll call vote was 7 For 3 Against

Yes:      Abeyta, Chandler, Hochman-Vigil, Martínez, J., McQueen, Romero, A., Szczepanski

No:       Chavez, N., Hall II, Reeb

Excused:  Martinez, A.

Absent:   None                                                  .231777.2