Mississippi House Bill 490 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That From And After October 1, 2018, All State, State District And Local Elected Officials Shall Be Required To Take A Drug Test Annually To Determine Their Eligibility To Continue Receiving Their Compensation; To Provide That If An Elected Official Refuses To Take The Required Drug Test, The Official's Compensation Shall Be Terminated And The Official May Not Receive Any Compensation For A Certain Period Of Time; To Provide That If An Elected Official Tests Positive For The Unlawful Use Of A Drug After Taking A Drug Test, The Official Shall Be Given A List Of Approved Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers That Are Available In The Area In Which The Official Resides, And May Continue To Receive His Or Her Compensation If The Official Enters Into And Follows The Requirements Of A Substance Use Disorder Treatment Plan; To Provide That If An Elected Official Declines To Enter Into A Substance Use Disorder Treatment Plan, Or If The Official Enters Into, But Fails To Meet, A Requirement Of A Substance Use Disorder Treatment Plan, The Official's Compensation Shall Be Terminated And The Official May Not Receive Any Compensation For A Certain Period Of Time; To Provide That If An Elected Official Tests Positive For The Unlawful Use Of Any Drug Three Times, The Official's Compensation Shall Be Terminated And The Official Is Thereafter Ineligible To Receive Any Compensation; To Bring Forward Sections 5-1-41, 5-1-43, 5-1-45, 5-1-46, 5-1-47, 25-3-3, 25-3-9, 25-3-13, 25-3-19, 25-3-25, 25-3-31, 25-3-35, 25-3-36, 25-3-41, 25-3-43 And 25-3-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Compensation Of Elected Officials, For The Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Elected officials; require annual drug testing of to determine eligibility to receive their compensation.

Rep. Steve Hopkins [R]

Rep. Ashley Henley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-08	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0490.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0490IN.htm