House Study Bill 112 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VANDER LINDEN) 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 TLSB 1594YC (3) 85 ec/nh

H.F. _____ 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 -1- LSB 1594YC (3) 85 ec/nh 1/ 1