Florida House Bill 1435 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates act as "Drug-Free Public Officers Act"; requires certain public officers to undergo drug testing; provides procedures for drug testing & challenging results of drug tests; provides that Commission on Ethics shall review & investigate positive drug tests & refer public officers with positive test results to employee assistance or drug rehabilitation programs; requires public officer who refuses to undergo drug testing to resign from office; provides that public official is subject to removal from office for failure to undergo drug testing; provides that public official convicted or found guilty of, or entering plea of nolo contendere to, felony drug offense is subject to removal from office; requires AHCA to adopt rules.

Drug Testing of Public Officers

Rep. Dane Eagle [R]

Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2014-03-11	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-03-04	House	Filed

H1437 (Related) 2014-05-02 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
111	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1435
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1435/BillText/Filed/PDF