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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gambling: moratorium."
+description: "Existing law regulates legal gambling in California and prohibits, until January 1, 2015, the governing body and the electors of a county, city, or city and county from authorizing or expanding any legal gaming beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. Additionally, the commission is prohibited, until January 1, 2015, from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 241"
+citation: "California AB 241 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gambling: moratorium."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2011-02-03"
+last_action: "2011-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b151e5a-b5bd-49f2-adc4-5ad789d1d2fa"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241"
+source_hash: "ef818d8dc37edd13fcd0a841aaac84ae61e9f51f22e266ee17707b9b32c5dfb9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 241 (20112012) — Gambling: moratorium.
+
+Existing law regulates legal gambling in California and prohibits, until January 1, 2015, the governing body and the electors of a county, city, or city and county from authorizing or expanding any legal gaming beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. Additionally, the commission is prohibited, until January 1, 2015, from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24199INT)
+2. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24197CHP)
+3. **AB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241)
+4. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24198ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 241 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **78–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB241 Hall By Calderon — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
+- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1645.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2164.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b151e5a-b5bd-49f2-adc4-5ad789d1d2fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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