SB111 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Crimes and offenses, drug test, sunthetic urine and urine additions to falsify prohibited

Summary

SB 111 makes it illegal to manufacture, market, sell, distribute, use, or possess synthetic urine or urine additives to defraud drug or alcohol tests, with penalties for violations.

What This Bill Does

The bill defines key terms like defraud, synthetic urine, and urine additive, and bans activities that would defraud testing. It prohibits using one's own urine to defraud a test if the urine wasn’t collected yet. It sets penalties where first offenses are Class B misdemeanors and repeat offenses are Class A misdemeanors, and it requires collectors to report suspected fraud to law enforcement. It also exempts educational, medical, or scientific research from the ban, and specifies the law becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• People who manufacture, market, sell, distribute, use, or possess synthetic urine or urine additives to defraud drug or alcohol tests would face criminal penalties.
• Urine specimen collectors and testing facilities must report knowledge or reasonable suspicion of fraud to law enforcement.
• Educational, medical, or scientific researchers working with urine-related materials are exempt from the ban.

Key Provisions

• Defines defraud, synthetic urine, and urine additive.
• Prohibits manufacturing, marketing, selling, distributing, using, or possessing synthetic urine or urine additives to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test.
• Prohibits using one's own urine to defraud a screening test if the urine was expelled before collection.
• Exempts urine, synthetic urine, or urine additives used solely for educational, medical, or scientific research.
• Penalties: first conviction is a Class B misdemeanor; second or subsequent convictions are Class A misdemeanor.
• Collectors who know or have reasonable cause to suspect fraud must report to the appropriate law enforcement.
• Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 23, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Drugs