---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 471"
citation: "California AB 471 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4daee9-7472-40fd-ae28-c4d515deeafe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471"
source_hash: "23c1f8ed33df6a7dd5e8a005a9db3b1f4301bf96c93d47edcbdbf062710bebd9"
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 471 (20012002) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47199INT)
2. **06/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47198AMD)
3. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47197AMD)
4. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47196AMD)
5. **08/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47194CHP)
6. **AB471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471)
7. **07/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB471&version=20010AB47195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 471 Aroner Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB471 Hertzberg By Vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 471 Hertzberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Aroner — author (person)
- Briggs — author (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2001-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2937.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 2077.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-13** (Corrected July 12. )
- **2001-07-11** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** 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`
- **2001-06-07** 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`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/dd4daee9-7472-40fd-ae28-c4d515deeafe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).