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House Journal: Page 826: Monday, March 20, 1995

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 154 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
Special Order Calendar
House File 258, a bill for an act relating to drug testing of
certain employees and applicants for employment, providing for
employer defenses, and making penalties applicable, was taken up
for consideration.
The House stood at ease at 1:55 p.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at  3:42 p.m., Speaker Pro Tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
Schrader of Marion asked and received unanimous consent to take
up out of order amendment H-3323.
Nelson of Pottawattamie offered amendment H-3323 filed by Nelson
of Pottawattamie, et. al., as follows:
H-3323
 1     Amend House File 258 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  Section 730.5, subsection 1, Code
 5   1995, is amended to read as follows:
 6     1.  As used in this section, unless the context
 7   otherwise requires:
 8     a.  "drug Drug test" means any blood, urine,
 9   saliva, chemical, or skin tissue test conducted for
10   the purpose of detecting the presence of a chemical
11   substance in an individual.
12     b.  "Preemployment" means that period of time
13   between when a bona fide offer of employment is made
14   and when employment begins.
15     Sec. 2.  Section 730.5, subsection 3, paragraph c,
16   Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
17     c.  The test sample withdrawn from the employee is
18   analyzed by a laboratory or testing facility that has
19   been approved under rules adopted by the department of
20   public health.  The laboratory or testing facility
21   shall report to the employer only the presence of
22   alcohol or illegal controlled substances in any test
23   sample.  The rules adopted by the department of public
24   health shall provide for all of the following:

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