South Carolina Senate Bill 231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

By Adding Article 27, Relating To Drug Testing And Public Assistance, To Define The Term "public Assistance", To Provide That, Except As Otherwise Prohibited By Law, A Person Seeking Public Assistance Must Submit To Certain Drug Tests, To Provide That A Person Must Be Given Notice That Drug Testing Will Be Conducted As A Condition For Receiving Benefits And That The Person Must Bear The Cost Of Testing, To Provide That A Person Who Tests Positive For Controlled Substances Is Ineligible To Receive Benefits For One Year After The Date Of The Positive Drug Test, To Provide That A Person Who Tests Positive And Is Denied Benefits As A Result May Reapply For Those Benefits After Six Months If He Successfully Completes A Substance Abuse Treatment Program And Passes An Initial Drug Test, To Provide That A Person Who Twice Fails A Drug Test May Not Receive Additional Public Assistance, And To Provide That The Agency That Administers This Test Shall Immediately Terminate The Public Assistance Benefits It Pays Him.

Drug testing

Sen. Lee Bright [R]

Sen. Kevin Bryant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-13	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2014-12-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2014-12-10	Senate	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0231&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/231_20141210.htm