republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-439.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HORSE RACING.	This Bill authorizes the Thoroughbred Racing Commission to be a member of the new Interstate Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact. Under the Bill the Thoroughbred Racing Commission would become a member of an interstate Compact with other party states for the establishment of uniform standards for drug testing of horses participating in horse racing. The Harness Racing Commission will not be a member of the Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to establish uniform requirements among the party states for the drug testing of horses participating in horse racing. The Compact Committee would be comprised of one representative from each party state.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 439	Delaware HB 439 (149)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	1	8	2	2018-06-05	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b9d43005-f3d5-46bf-ad1a-501099208157	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26748	60ef80f30419dcd6579752b1d539d3e50b05937c9556f77443263e82885d167e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 439 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HORSE RACING.

This Bill authorizes the Thoroughbred Racing Commission to be a member of the new Interstate Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact. Under the Bill the Thoroughbred Racing Commission would become a member of an interstate Compact with other party states for the establishment of uniform standards for drug testing of horses participating in horse racing. The Harness Racing Commission will not be a member of the Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to establish uniform requirements among the party states for the drug testing of horses participating in horse racing. The Compact Committee would be comprised of one representative from each party state.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-05 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-26 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Rules Suspended in Senate
• 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9d43005-f3d5-46bf-ad1a-501099208157. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).