A New York lawmaker said he will introduce legislation banning use of "performance-enhancing drugs" in horse racing, such as the anti-bleeding medication furosemide, or Salix.

The bill sponsored by Democratic Senator Thomas Duane outlines penalties, including a permanent ban from racing after three violations. Duane said it is modeled after federal legislation, which to date hasn’t progressed in Congress.

The bill would "prohibit all performance-enhancing drugs, except those to treat infection, on any horse which enters a race in the state of New York," Duane said. Like the federal bill, it makes no differentiation between performance-enhancing and therapeutic medications.

In 1995 New York was the last state to ban Salix, formerly marketed as Lasix. The therapeutic medication is now used by roughly 95% of Thoroughbreds that race