State employees; require to pass drug test as a condition of being employed.

HB 771, a proposed Mississippi bill, would have required all prospective state employees to pass a drug test before being hired. It would have mandated the State Personnel Board to create testing rules, with applicants typically covering the test cost (though the Board could pay it in some cases). The bill was intended to apply to all new state hires and would have taken effect July 1, 2025. However, the bill "died in committee" on February 4, 2025, and did not become law.