OH SB267

Establishes mandatory annual controlled substance testing for all Ohio General Assembly members beginning in new terms of office after the bill's effective date.

Members pay for initial testing costs but receive reimbursement if the test shows no controlled substance failure; testing uses urine samples analyzed for substances specified in Ohio traffic law with thresholds for urine concentration levels.

Quarterly random testing of approximately 25% of General Assembly members on dates agreed upon by Senate and House clerks at state laboratories accredited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Members with positive test results must take additional tests every 30 days until clean, complete substance abuse counseling through the state employee assistance program, and are removed from officer or chairperson positions without compensation until test results are negative.

Refusal to submit to testing is treated as an admission of controlled substance test failure; the bill asserts this testing requirement exercises each chamber's constitutional authority to judge member qualifications.