---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to private sector employee drug testing. Effective 7-1-17."
description: "A bill for an act relating to private sector employee drug testing. Effective 7-1-17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 32"
citation: "Iowa SF 32 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["drug testing", "drugs", "labor and employment", "substance abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc02f3f4-0d24-4bc6-aee8-95d0b0efb4d1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 32&ga=87"
source_hash: "2e86009b8ba2508b1a38aaf856501e7557764bb36422be4e5202043832d14a51"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 32 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to private sector employee drug testing. Effective 7-1-17.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/87/attachments/SF32.html)
2. **Amendment H-1227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/H1227.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S3007.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S3009.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-3276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S3276.pdf)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/87/attachments/SF32.html)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/SF32.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment S-3007 be adopted? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **76–20** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3009 be adopted? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment H-1227 be adopted? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Introduced, referred to Labor and Business Relations. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Subcommittee: Breitbach, Costello, and Dotzler.
- **2017-01-23** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Amendment S-3007 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Amendment S-3009 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Passed Senate, ayes 35, nays 15. `passage`
- **2017-02-01** Immediate message.
- **2017-02-01** Message from Senate.
- **2017-02-07** Read first time, referred to Labor. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Subcommittee: Klein, Holz and T. Taylor.
- **2017-03-14** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Amendment H-1227 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment H-1227 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Passed House, ayes 76, nays 20. `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Immediate message.
- **2017-04-04** Message from House, with amendment S-3276.
- **2017-04-05** Senate concurred with S-3276.
- **2017-04-05** Passed Senate, ayes 35, nays 15. `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Immediate message.
- **2017-04-05** Message from Senate.
- **2017-04-25** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker.
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc02f3f4-0d24-4bc6-aee8-95d0b0efb4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).