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House narrows employer-action language in workplace drug-testing bill after safety questions
Summary
First Substitute HB 145 was amended on the House floor to clarify that confirmation by a federally certified lab is required before employers take action to terminate employment; members debated temporary safety actions and false positives.
First Substitute House Bill 145, addressing workplace drug testing, drew extended floor discussion on March 3. Representative Tricia Beck said the bill updates a 1987 statute to require that any nonnegative urine result used as a basis for an employer action be confirmed by a federally certified laboratory and that certified labs preserve custody and control records for challenge. The bill was presented as…
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