---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2869"
citation: "California AB 2869 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff656a2-4f68-458f-8274-69a538127699"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869"
source_hash: "52339006145981beeb2517fbce52a78639b60bbe9f4d611ece91ba8b55d44694"
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 2869 (20012002) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869&version=20010AB286999INT)
2. **04/11/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869&version=20010AB286998AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869&version=20010AB286997AMD)
4. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869&version=20010AB286995CHP)
5. **AB2869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869)
6. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2869&version=20010AB286996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2869 Horton Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2869 Horton By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2869 Horton Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 924, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 8643.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 5926.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2002-06-27** From Consent Calendar. To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2002-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6009.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization 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`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/fff656a2-4f68-458f-8274-69a538127699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).