---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling establishments."
description: "Gambling establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1416"
citation: "California AB 1416 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling establishments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff16582b-5a47-4e94-9090-1dff4a377208"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416"
source_hash: "3272e1635396f7019a5460249efdef99efc003738bc4e5339251b75badc1e00c"
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 1416 (19992000) — Gambling establishments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141699INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141697AMD)
3. **03/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141696AMD)
4. **04/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141695AMD)
5. **04/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141694AMD)
6. **05/03/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141693AMD)
7. **05/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141698AMD)
8. **05/16/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141692AMD)
9. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141691AMD)
10. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141690AMD)
11. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141688CHP)
12. **AB1416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416)
13. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1416&version=19990AB141689ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1416 WESSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1416 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1416 Wesson By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1416 Wesson By Perata — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Perata — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1023, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8895.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 31). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 8970.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 6413.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 1823.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff16582b-5a47-4e94-9090-1dff4a377208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).