Key Votes
HB 155 - Requires Drug Testing of Certain Welfare Recipients - Key Vote
Utah Key Votes
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Stages
- March 23, 2012 Executive Signed
- March 8, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- March 1, 2012 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 14, 2012 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 23, 2012
Title: Requires Drug Testing of Certain Welfare Recipients
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (23-4) - March 8, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (62-10) - March 1, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Requires Drug Testing of Certain Welfare Recipients
Vote to pass a bill that requires drug testing for certain welfare benefit recipients.
- Requires a parent enrolled in the Family Employment Program to fill out an assessment that includes a determination of controlled substance misuse (Sec. 2).
- Requires financial assistance to be provided only under the following circumstances if the results of the assessment indicate a “reasonable likelihood” that the parent misuses a controlled substance (Secs. 2 & 3):
- If the parent agrees to a drug test at the program’s expense; and
- If the test results are positive the parent must agree to participate in treatment for a substance abuse disorder at the program’s expense and must test negative throughout the course of treatment.
- Specifies that a parent who refuses to take or fails a drug test before or during treatment will be ineligible for benefits during the following periods (Sec. 3):
- 90 days after the first incident within a single year; and
- 1 year after the second incident within a single year.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 14, 2012
Title: Requires Drug Testing of Certain Welfare Recipients
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Stewart Barlow (UT - R)
- Jim Bird (UT - R)
- Derek Brown (UT - R)
- Bradley M. 'Brad' Daw (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brad L. Dee (UT - R)
- John Dougall (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jack R. Draxler (UT - R)
- Steven Eliason (UT - R)
- Richard A. Greenwood (UT - R)
- Keith Grover (UT - R)
- Christopher Niles Herrod (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gregory 'Greg' Hughes (UT - R)
- Don L. Ipson (UT - R)
- Dan McCay (UT - R)
- Ronda Rudd Menlove (UT - R)
- Michael E. 'Mike' Noel (UT - R)
- Curtis M. Oda (UT - R)
- Lee B. Perry (UT - R)
- Paul Ray (UT - R)
- Dean Sanpei (UT - R)
- Evan J. Vickers (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ryan Wilcox (UT - R)
