Bill Text: IA HF308 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to private employer alcohol testing policies. (Formerly HSB 116)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Subcommittee, Dearden, Bisignano, and Shipley. S.J. 592. [HF308 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF308-Introduced.html
House File 308 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 116) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to private employer alcohol testing policies. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1646HV (1) 86 je/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 730.5, subsection 9, paragraph e, Code 1 2 2015, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 e. If the written policy provides for alcohol testing, the 1 4 employer shall establish in the written policy a standard for 1 5 alcohol concentration which shall be deemed to violate the 1 6 policy. The standard for alcohol concentration shall not be 1 7 less than.04.02, expressed in terms of grams of alcohol per 1 8 two hundred ten liters of breath, or its equivalent. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 12 Current law provides that a private employer may require 1 13 alcohol testing of employees if the employer maintains a 1 14 written policy for such testing that is provided to every 1 15 employee subject to testing, and is available for review by 1 16 employees and prospective employees. The policy must contain 1 17 a standard for alcohol concentration which shall be deemed 1 18 to violate the policy. The standard shall not be less than 1 19 .04, expressed in terms of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of 1 20 breath, or its equivalent. 1 21 This bill lowers the minimum standard permitted to not less 1 22 than .02, expressed in terms of grams of alcohol per 210 liters 1 23 of breath, or its equivalent. LSB 1646HV (1) 86 je/nh
