South Carolina Senate Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

By Adding Article 27, Relating To Drug Testing And Public Assistance, To Define The Term "public Assistance", To Provide That, Except As Otherwise Prohibited By Law, A Person Seeking Public Assistance Must Submit To Certain Drug Tests, To Provide That A Person Must Be Given Notice That Drug Testing Will Be Conducted As A Condition For Receiving Benefits And That The Person Must Bear The Cost Of Testing, To Provide That A Person Who Tests Positive For Controlled Substances Is Ineligible To Receive Benefits For One Year After The Date Of The Positive Drug Test, To Provide That A Person Who Tests Positive And Is Denied Benefits As A Result May Reapply For Those Benefits After Six Months If He Successfully Completes A Substance Abuse Treatment Program And Passes An Initial Drug Test, To Provide That A Person Who Twice Fails A Drug Test May Not Receive Additional Public Assistance, And To Provide That An Agency That Administers This Test To A Person Who Twice Fails The Test Immediately Shall Terminate Public Assistance Benefits It Pays Him.

Drug test required for person seeking public assistance

Sen. Lee Bright [R]

Sen. Kevin Bryant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2013-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2012-12-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2012-12-18	Senate	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0140&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/140_20121218.htm