# 119-s-1770: Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025

119-s-1770, Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1770
- Congress: 119
- Title: Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Sports and Recreation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Creates a national Racehorse Health and Safety Organization to set science‑based medication controls and racetrack safety standards.** It would repeal the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act and authorize an interstate compact so States can adopt uniform rules, testing, laboratory accreditation, and a nationwide racehorse safety and injury database.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Seller disclosure for young horse drugs: benefit, low. If enacted, States that join the compact would have to treat selling a covered horse without disclosing early bisphosphonate use as an unfair or deceptive act. Sellers would need to tell buyers if the horse got bisphosphonates before age four or other RHSO-designated long-term degrading treatments.
- Stricter medication rules and penalties: cost, high. If enacted, this would create three breed-specific scientific medication committees to set drug lists, thresholds, withdrawals, and testing. The RHSO would ban many acts, including nontherapeutic substances, tampering, and refusals to test. The rules would create a rebuttable presumption that train…
- Higher fees for racehorse industry: cost, medium. If enacted, the RHSO would charge an initial startup fee to member States and ongoing annual fees to pay for operations. States could pass those fees to owners, trainers, breeders, tracks, and other covered persons through registration, starter, sales, or track fees. Any board-approved fee increase…
- State enforcement, federal repeal, wagering limits: mixed, medium. If enacted, this would repeal the existing federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act immediately. States could choose to enforce RHSO rules themselves, or the RHSO would enforce them under an agreement. Only host States that join the compact could allow interstate off-track and advance deposit w…
- New national horseracing oversight board: mixed, low. If enacted, this would create a Racehorse Health and Safety Organization (RHSO) for States that join. The RHSO would have a nine-member board with rules on appointments, conflicts, vacancies, and recusals. RHSO bodies would not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The RHSO could take o…
- Testing labs and national safety data: mixed, low. If enacted, the RHSO would pick an accreditation body to audit testing labs and require certain samples go to specialized labs tied to national labs like NVSL. The RHSO would also build a national database of safety, health, and injury data and could require covered persons to submit information. T…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-2010: TERMS Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1770 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1770)

## Related
- [119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2342)
- [119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4615)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2010: TERMS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2010)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1770 (as of 2026-08-11).