New York Assembly Bill 6447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-13 - held for consideration in governmental employees
Pending: Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts the drug-free workplace act to promote the goal of drug-free workplaces within government through drug testing; establishes rules for the use of drug testing in workplaces in the private sector; creates a drug offender punishment program for the rehabilitation of nonviolent felony drug offenders; provides for confidentiality of testing results; encourages employers to provide employees who have a drug problem with an opportunity to participate in an employee assistance program or an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program.

Enacts the drug-free workplace act to promote the goal of drug-free workplaces within government through drug testing; establishes rules for the use of drug testing in workplaces in the private sector; creates a drug offender punishment program for the rehabilitation of nonviolent felony drug offenders; provides for confidentiality of testing results; encourages employers to provide employees who have a drug problem with an opportunity to participate in an employee assistance program or an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program.

Asm. Brian Kolb [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-13	Assembly	held for consideration in governmental employees
2014-01-08	Assembly	referred to governmental employees
2013-04-01	Assembly	referred to governmental employees

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06447&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06447&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A06447