California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday signed into law a bill that adds California to the list of states that do not allow employers to penalize employees who smoke marijuana "off the job and away from the workplace," the Los Angeles Times reports.
According to Assembly Bill 2188, sponsored by Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward), the new law will restrict employers from basing employment decisions on a drug test that indicates the presence of "nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolites" in an employee's hair or urine.
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