---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Interstate Compact on Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards"
description: "Horse Racing - Interstate Compact on Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1115"
citation: "Maryland SB 1115 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse Racing", "Animals", "Chemical Tests", "Committees and Commissions", "Drugs", "Racing", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/347f4030-e096-490c-b06f-1c194962c45b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1115&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8a15a3209bc59fdb2b56bc6150ac9b9f7d6bc0c3039dfad9627e213ad4952807"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 1115 (2018) — Horse Racing - Interstate Compact on Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1115f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-02** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-02** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments {727072/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/347f4030-e096-490c-b06f-1c194962c45b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).