BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5707: Unemployment comp benefits
Protecting employers from excess unemployment compensation costs when a former employee fails a preemployment drug test.
Summary
- If the Commissioner of the Employment Security Department finds that an individual has failed or refused to take a preemployment drug test after receiving an offer of employment, the individual may not continue receiving unemployment compensation.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5707), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 3, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Bob Morton (R-7)
- Introduced
- February 3, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Bob Morton (R-7)
11 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 10 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5707 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5707 (2025–26) Subscriber emails/PRA
- SB 5707 (2023–24) Housing court pilot program
- SB 5707 (2021–22) Traffic safety cameras
- SB 5707 (2019–20) Work without regular payment
- SB 5707 (2017–18) I-405 toll lanes replacement
- SB 5707 (2015–16) Prevailing wage requirements
- SB 5707 (2013–14) Net metering of electricity
- SB 5707 (2011–12) Emergency vehicles/fuel use