---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2554"
citation: "California AB 2554 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6a8a9eb-347d-4f38-b207-3685663c2c7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554"
source_hash: "4697cf1d65af0238e031326ef632401bc766728f074112c298c6c0819bb124d8"
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 2554 (20012002) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255499INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255498AMD)
3. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255497AMD)
4. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255496AMD)
5. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255495AMD)
6. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255494AMD)
7. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255492CHP)
8. **AB2554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2554&version=20010AB255493ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2554 Thomson By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2554 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2554 Strickland Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 874, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8493.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 5878.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 6071.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-09** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/d6a8a9eb-347d-4f38-b207-3685663c2c7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).