l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1256

Employment security law; require failure to be hired as a result of drug test is considered failure to accept suitable work.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-513, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT HIRED FOR AN OTHERWISE SUITABLE POSITION DUE TO A POSITIVE TEST FOR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING DRUGS, SHALL, FOR PURPOSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW, BE DEEMED TO HAVE FAILED TO ACCEPT SUITABLE WORK WHEN OFFERED HIM AND AS SUCH SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION FROM RECEIVING EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT A DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO END THE DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD EARLY BY SUBMITTING ACCEPTABLE PROOF TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT FROM A TESTING FACILITY APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT AT ANY TIME DURING OR AFTER THE ASSESSED DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY MAY REQUIRE THE INDIVIDUAL TO SUBMIT ACCEPTABLE PROOF TO THE DEPARTMENT OF A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT FROM A TESTING FACILITY APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO REINSTATE THE INDIVIDUAL AND RESUME THE ISSUANCE OF BENEFITS UNDER MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Alex Monsour

Its course

February 20 to April 3, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 1524 days

Judiciary AFeb 20 to Mar 615 days

In the SenateMar 15 to Apr 3 · stopped19 days

FinanceMar 26 to Apr 3 · stopped8 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 15

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 15

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Mar 6Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 13Read the third time in the House
  4. Mar 15Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 21 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 21Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 26Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 13Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 15Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 15AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 15Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 21Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 26Referred To FinanceSenate
  9. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate