---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 270"
citation: "California AB 270 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-03"
last_action: "1999-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f7fae9-e402-4271-917b-40c5c40adf28"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270"
source_hash: "aad78757e9a7dfc8328579be1f6606f32502b341906d5c631c756e0c2a249571"
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 270 (19992000) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270&version=19990AB27099INT)
2. **03/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270&version=19990AB27098AMD)
3. **05/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270&version=19990AB27097AMD)
4. **05/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270&version=19990AB27095CHP)
5. **AB270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270)
6. **05/24/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB270&version=19990AB27096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 270 FLOYD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB270 Floyd — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 270 FLOYD 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-05-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 28, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-05-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-05-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **1999-05-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 1815.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1254.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** 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`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 1165.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **1999-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41f7fae9-e402-4271-917b-40c5c40adf28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).