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Rules Committee Adopts Substitute to Limit Application of Provisions to Lab-Based Chemical Tests in HB 4391
Summary
The House Rules Committee adopted an H-2 substitute for House Bill 4391 clarifying that specified subsections do not apply to preliminary oral-fluid tests because the subsections were intended for lab-based chemical tests; the committee then reported the bill with recommendation as substituted.
The House Rules Committee adopted an H-2 substitute to House Bill 4391 that, according to the committee's chair, specifies that certain sections of the bill do not apply to preliminary oral-fluid tests because the subsections were intended to apply only to lab-based chemical tests.
Chair Schutte announced the substitute and Representative Aragona moved to adopt H-2; the roll call returned seven yeas, zero nays and zero passes, and the substitute was adopted. Representative DeBoer later moved to report HB 4391 to the House with a recommendation as substituted; that motion prevailed on a roll call of five yeas, zero nays and two passes.
Why it matters: The committee's substitute narrows the application of statutory subsections within HB 4391 so they would not apply to preliminary oral-fluid screenings, making a distinction between quick preliminary screening methods and laboratory-based chemical testing procedures.
The transcript provides only the committee's summary of the substitute and the recorded roll-call results; no additional testimony or public comment on the technical specifics of oral-fluid testing appears in the provided record. The committee reported the bill with recommendation as substituted to the full House for further consideration.
