HF 381 (LSB 1594HV (1) 85)

HOUSE FILE 381

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 112)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning restrictions on dosage amounts for phenylbutazone in certain horse races.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 99D.25A, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Phenylbutazone shall not be administered to a horse in dosages which would result in concentrations of more than five micrograms of the substance or its metabolites per milliliter of blood. 
 
In races recognized as graded stakes races by the Iowa horsemen’s benevolent and protective association, the commission may establish restrictions on dosage amounts for phenylbutazone which would result in concentrations of less than five micrograms of the substance or its metabolites per milliliter of blood.
EXPLANATION
   This bill allows the racing and gaming commission to establish restrictions on dosage amounts for phenylbutazone in races recognized as graded stakes races by the Iowa horsemen’s benevolent and protective association.