All Roll Calls
Yes: 124 • No: 105
IowaHF 76791st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing. (Formerly HSB 26.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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Stronger drug testing remedies for workers
You can sue if an employer violates Iowa’s drug and alcohol testing rules. Courts can order hiring or reinstatement, with or without back pay, and other fair relief. You can also recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs. If you claim the employer required testing unlawfully, the employer must prove it followed the law. You, the county attorney, or the attorney general can seek an order to stop ongoing violations. Starts July 1, 2025.
More jobs labeled safety sensitive
The law broadens what counts as a “safety‑sensitive” job. An employer may label a job safety sensitive if an accident could cause death, serious injury, or major property or environmental damage. It also covers people who directly supervise those workers. Jobs with this label can be subject to drug and alcohol testing rules. Starts July 1, 2025.
Choose email or in person notices
Employers may offer to send required drug‑testing notices by email or give them to you in person instead of certified mail. You can choose your preferred method or keep certified mail. This applies to current workers, job applicants, and parents of minor workers. You can also use these methods to make required requests, like asking for a second test. Starts July 1, 2025.
Right to a second drug test
After a confirmed positive drug or alcohol test, your employer must notify you in writing by certified mail. You can ask for a second confirmatory test at an approved lab you choose. You must request it, name the lab, and pay the employer’s fee within seven days from the mailing date. The fee must reflect the lab cost and match what the employer paid for the first confirmatory test. If the second test does not confirm the first, the employer must reimburse your fee and cannot use the first result for discipline. Starts July 1, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 31 • No: 14
legislature vote • 3/27/2025
Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1212
Yes: 33 • No: 59
House vote • 3/27/2025
Passed House
Yes: 60 • No: 32
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
6/6/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/22/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
5/14/2025SenateImmediate message.
5/14/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 31, nays 14.
5/14/2025SenateSubstituted for SF 110.
5/14/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/3/2025legislatureExplanation of vote.
4/3/2025legislatureRead first time, attached to SF 110.
3/31/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/31/2025HouseImmediate message.
3/27/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 60, nays 32.
3/27/2025HouseMotion to suspend rules failed.
3/27/2025legislatureExplanation of vote.
3/27/2025legislatureMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1212, yeas 33, nays 59.
3/27/2025legislaturePoint of order raised on amendment H-1212, ruled not germane.
3/27/2025legislatureAmendment H-1212 filed.
3/26/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
3/5/2025legislature
Bill Text
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