SB47 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jerry L. Fielding
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Human Resources Department, public assistance, drug testing for applicants and recipients required upon reasonable suspicion, ineligibility under certain conditions, department to implement, rulemaking authority
Description: Under existing law, there is no requirement that a person applying for or receiving unemployment compensation benefits be tested for illegal substance abuse.
This bill would require an applicant for unemployment benefits to be tested for substance abuse if he or she works in an occupation designated by the United States Department of Labor as an occupation for which drug screenings are regularly conducted.
This bill would provide that any applicant testing positive for a drug without a valid prescription would be ineligible for unemployment benefits.
This bill also would authorize the Alabama Department of Labor to adopt rules to implement this program.
Subjects: Human Resources Department

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Business and Labor