SB 113-41: Unintelligent Tests Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Mr. Reactionary]

Bill passes 14-0-0-4.

[Mr. Reactionary]

UNINTELLIGENT TESTS ACT

1. No federal employee, contractor, or subcontractor, employee of a federal contractor or subcontractor, or employee, contractor, or subcontractor of a federally regulated railroad, harbor, or Atlasian-flagged vessel operating in international waters, or no federal employee of the armed forces or intelligence community shall be administered or required to submit to any intelligence quotient (IQ) or similar cognitive test as a condition of employment or contract award.  For purposes of this act, similar tests include but are not limited to the Myers-Briggs Personalty Indicator, the big five personalty traits test, and astrology or horoscope evaluation.

2. The results of any IQ or similar cognitive test shall not be admissible as evidence in any federal court trial or sentencing to prove any criminal element or defense element.

3. No person shall be administered or required to submit to any IQ or similar cognitive test as a condition of applying for, proving eligibility for, or receiving social security disability insurance (SSDI).

4. The results of any IQ or similar cognitive test administered to a student in a public school that receives federal funds shall not be used in a manner that is determinative of such student's placement in any special education class or advanced placement or gifted class, eligibility for an individual education plan (IEP), eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities, or eligibility to receive any other targeted benefit or program offered by the school.

5. No person shall be administered or required to submit to any IQ or similar cognitive test as a condition of applying for or receiving admission to any public college or university that receives federal funding. The SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, or other standardized general knowledge test shall not constitute an IQ or similar cognitive test.

6. No person shall be administered or required to submit to any IQ or similar cognitive test as a condition of purchasing a firearm from a federal firearms licensee (FFL).

7. The results of any IQ or similar cognitive test shall not be admissible as indicative or proof of a person being intellectually disabled, in any circumstances.

8. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days from the date of enactment.

Passed 14-0-0-4 in the Atlasisn Senate assembled.

- R, PPT