republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-172.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Horse Racing Licensee Alcohol And Drug Testing	The bill adds to the responsibilities of the Colorado racing commission the protection of all participants, human and animal, involved in horse racing. The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure fair play, human and animal safety, and integrity in the sport of horse racing. The commission shall designate categories of licensees subject to for-cause testing or random testing to detect the presence of prohibited substances.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	SB 18-172	Colorado SB 18-172 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Pete Lee	8	19	2	2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00	2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e7485d9f-7fcb-42e6-b0da-4bf8e744cb8b	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-172	0228308fd2a7ff0c9ce179c0f42cb7aa984d5b41118e73d738ba3f74c024e3aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 18-172 (2018A) — Horse Racing Licensee Alcohol And Drug Testing

The bill adds to the responsibilities of the Colorado racing commission the protection of all participants, human and animal, involved in horse racing. The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure fair play, human and animal safety, and integrity in the sport of horse racing. The commission shall designate categories of licensees subject to for-cause testing or random testing to detect the presence of prohibited substances.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/11/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/21/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/01/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/02/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 52–12 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Pete Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/08/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7485d9f-7fcb-42e6-b0da-4bf8e744cb8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).