Wednesday, March 7, 2012

FL Legislature Continues Push to Drug-Test Everyone but FL Legislators

Man, Florida Republicans cannot get enough of drug-testing legislation. A bill allowing the state to randomly drug-test state workers passed the House and heads to the Senate. In the House, a Democratic amendment calling for legislators and the governor to also be subject to drug testing failed.
Once passed, the bill will doubtless be challenged in court, like so many other recent Florida drug-testing bills:
The last attempt to randomly drug test state employees without suspicion landed the state in court. State officials are currently awaiting a ruling on that case, but the judge who will hear the case has already expressed serious concerns with its constitutionality.
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By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos Labor
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2012 @ 12:43 PM

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