CHAPTER NUMBER: 594 
File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1583/94 - ENV
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 411  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Astle, Hafer, and Teitelbaum
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Job-Related Drug Testing
 
Authorizing the use of specified hair specimen testing only for
pre-employment drug testing; requiring employees that use hair
specimens for pre-employment drug testing to adhere to specified
standards; prohibiting employers that use hair specimens for
pre-employment drug testing from using the specimens to determine
specified information; clarifying that independent testing applies to
all types of job-related drug testing; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
 - First Reading Finance
 -      Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/19
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/20
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Stone) Adopted
 - 3/21
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/24
 - Third Reading Passed (35-9)
 - 4/6
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (43-2)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 - 5/22
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 594
 
House Action
- 3/22
 - First Reading Environmental Matters
 - 3/26
 - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/4
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
 - 3/31
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/1
 - Motion vote previous question (Delegate Brinkley) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (84-48)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - CHEMICAL TESTS
 - CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- DRUGS
 - DRUGS -see also-CONTROLLED DANG.SUBST.;DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVG
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - LABORATORIES
 - LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 - WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; OVERTIME
 
- Bill affects the following Statute:
 -   Health - General
 - (
 17-214 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 587240/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997     at: 11:20
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 579079/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 16:49
 Status: Adopted