SB345 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Drug screenings, sale or marketing of human or synthetic urine to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test prohibited, possession, sale, or advertising of adultrants designed to defeat a screening test prohibited, criminal penalties

Summary

SB 345 would make it illegal to sell, distribute, or advertise products used to defeat drug or alcohol screening tests and to adulterate urine samples, with criminal and civil penalties for violators.

What This Bill Does

It bans selling or transporting urine (real or synthetic) to defraud tests, substituting or spiking a urine sample, advertising products to defeat tests, adulterating samples, and possessing or selling adulterants for that purpose. Violations start as simple offenses and can become Class A misdemeanors on a second or later offense, and the bill also creates civil penalties (cease-and-desist orders and up to $1,000 per day fines) with funds split between the state general fund and the district attorney who brought the case, plus related enforcement rules.

Who It Affects

• Businesses or individuals who sell, distribute, transport, or advertise human or synthetic urine or adulterants intended to defeat drug or alcohol tests, who would face criminal and civil penalties.
• Employers, testing programs, law enforcement, and prosecutors who administer or enforce screenings and bring civil or criminal actions under this act.

Key Provisions

• Prohibits selling, distributing, transporting, or advertising human or synthetic urine; prohibiting substitution, spiking, adulterating samples, or possessing/selling adulterants used to defeat drug or alcohol screening tests.
• Imposes penalties: first offenses as violations (not a misdemeanor) and second or subsequent offenses as Class A misdemeanors; also authorizes civil penalties (cease-and-desist orders and fines up to $1,000 per day with funds allocated to the state general fund and to the district attorney), plus enforcement and venue rules.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses