House
File
381
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
381
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
112)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
for
1
phenylbutazone
in
certain
horse
races.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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1594HV
(1)
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H.F.
381
Section
1.
Section
99D.25A,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Phenylbutazone
shall
not
be
administered
to
a
horse
in
3
dosages
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
more
than
five
4
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
5
of
blood.
In
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
races
by
the
6
Iowa
horsemen’s
benevolent
and
protective
association,
the
7
commission
may
establish
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
for
8
phenylbutazone
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
less
9
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
10
milliliter
of
blood.
11
EXPLANATION
12
This
bill
allows
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
to
13
establish
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
for
phenylbutazone
in
14
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
races
by
the
Iowa
horsemen’s
15
benevolent
and
protective
association.
16
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1594HV
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