House
Study
Bill
116
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
COWNIE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
private
employer
alcohol
testing
policies.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
730.5,
subsection
9,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
If
the
written
policy
provides
for
alcohol
testing,
the
3
employer
shall
establish
in
the
written
policy
a
standard
for
4
alcohol
concentration
which
shall
be
deemed
to
violate
the
5
policy.
The
standard
for
alcohol
concentration
shall
not
be
6
less
than
.04
.02
,
expressed
in
terms
of
grams
of
alcohol
per
7
two
hundred
ten
liters
of
breath,
or
its
equivalent.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
Current
law
provides
that
a
private
employer
may
require
12
alcohol
testing
of
employees
if
the
employer
maintains
a
13
written
policy
for
such
testing
that
is
provided
to
every
14
employee
subject
to
testing,
and
is
available
for
review
by
15
employees
and
prospective
employees.
The
policy
must
contain
16
a
standard
for
alcohol
concentration
which
shall
be
deemed
17
to
violate
the
policy.
The
standard
shall
not
be
less
than
18
.04,
expressed
in
terms
of
grams
of
alcohol
per
210
liters
of
19
breath,
or
its
equivalent.
20
This
bill
lowers
the
minimum
standard
permitted
to
not
less
21
than
.02,
expressed
in
terms
of
grams
of
alcohol
per
210
liters
22
of
breath,
or
its
equivalent.
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