February 20, 2021 Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa House and Senate have approved a bill to make it a crime to use fake urine for workplace drug and alcohol tests. Representative Brian Lohse, a Republican from Bondurant, says it’s become a pervasive problem. (As above) “As a small business owner myself, I can personally attest to this as it has become such a problem in our own business that we simply ended our pre-employment drug testing program,” Lohse says. “It was basically useless.” Under the bill, an Iowan found to have used fake urine for a drug test would be guilty of a simple misdemeanor on the first offense — and a judge could require substance abuse screening and treatment, at the offender’s expense. Synthetic urine is being sold under brand names like U-Pass, Clean Stream and Quick Fix. Democrats in the legislature argued it would be better to outlaw the sale of these products. Senator Liz Mathis, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, says it’s being sold online and at truck stops.