Concerning private sector employee drug testing

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: Senate committeeJanuary 22, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202531–14
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 27, 202560–32
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 22, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawJune 6, 2025

HF 767 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 767, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 767 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

5, concerning private sector employee drug testing.5, is defined as a job wherein an accident could cause loss of human life, serious bodily injury, or significant property or environmental damage, including a job with duties that include immediate supervision of a person in a safety-sensitive position. The bill provides that the definition applies to positions designated as safety sensitive positions by the employer. The bill provides that specified communications required under current law to be provided by certified mail, return receipt requested, can also be provided in person or by electronic notification if an employee or prospective employee so chooses.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2025 (as SSB 1014). On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Adrian Dickey REmail
• Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. DEmail
• Sen. Mike Pike REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§730.5

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

• HF 460 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 319 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
  Passed a chamber
• HF 748 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 361 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  89th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
  Passed a chamber

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.