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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HORSE RACING."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 439"
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citation: "Delaware HB 439 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-05"
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last_action: "2018-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9d43005-f3d5-46bf-ad1a-501099208157"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26748"
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source_hash: "60ef80f30419dcd6579752b1d539d3e50b05937c9556f77443263e82885d167e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 439 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HORSE RACING.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26748&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB439)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
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- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-08-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9d43005-f3d5-46bf-ad1a-501099208157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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