---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2931"
citation: "California AB 2931 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e41da6d-676f-4ed2-aa86-1af67ad7be77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931"
source_hash: "f2b1800fa10b8a41efe999fc7a9c9f4d686d86da75d8a877a8ef6ab769d9cdec"
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 2931 (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=200120020AB2931&version=20010AB293199INT)
2. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931&version=20010AB293198AMD)
3. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931&version=20010AB293197AMD)
4. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931&version=20010AB293195CHP)
5. **AB2931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931)
6. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2931&version=20010AB293196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2931 Horton Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2931 Horton By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2931 Horton Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 922, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7839.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5446.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-07** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2002-06-18** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-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 60. Noes 0. Page 5999.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **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/1e41da6d-676f-4ed2-aa86-1af67ad7be77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).