- If a bill that passed Washington’s state Senate Wednesday becomes law, it would no longer be legal for employers to insist on a drug test to screen for cannabis usage as a condition of being hired.
- However, businesses could still test employees once hired, and fire those who fail their drug tests to maintain a “drug free workplace.”
- “It comes down to discriminating against people who use cannabis,” said state Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Desmoines, chair of the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee in a statement. “For people using a legal substance, having a pre-employment test like this is just plain unfair, and we should stop it.”
