Extensive debate in the Senate today preceded passage of a bill that would require welfare and food stamps recipients to submit to drug tests if state Department of Human Service workers are suspicious that the recipient may be taking drugs.
The Senate version of the measure has some technicalities that are different from the House version, so the bill is not yet on its way to the governor.
The vote was largely along party lines, with the Republican majority winning by a vote of 29-22.
