Indiana Senate Bill 245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-19 - Senator Kruse added as second author
Pending: Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Drug testing of unemployment insurance applicants. Requires an individual to undergo a drug test as a condition of the individual's initial eligibility for unemployment benefits (benefits) if the individual: (1) was discharged from employment by the individual's most recent employer because of the individual's unlawful use of a controlled substance; or (2) is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that the United States Department of Labor has determined by rule is an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. If the individual tests positive or refuses to take a drug test, provides that the individual

Drug testing of unemployment insurance applicants. Requires an individual to undergo a drug test as a condition of the individual's initial eligibility for unemployment benefits (benefits) if the individual: (1) was discharged from employment by the individual's most recent employer because of the individual's unlawful use of a controlled substance; or (2) is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that the United States Department of Labor has determined by rule is an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. If the individual tests positive or refuses to take a drug test, provides that the individual

Sen. Jon Ford [R]

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]

Sen. Clyde Perfect [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-19	Senate	Senator Kruse added as second author
2016-01-14	Senate	Senator Perfect added as coauthor
2016-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions & Labor
2016-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Ford

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/senate/245/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/0/9/3c09d57b/SB0245.01.INTR.pdf