---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: backstretch workers."
description: "Horse racing: backstretch workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2276"
citation: "California AB 2276 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: backstretch workers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a22d2cb-212e-4c44-ab13-fc5e4089190b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2276"
source_hash: "41f5045fcb0293bc1f74dc233911976a90ddc7fb1907c290e8731a0bae06b88b"
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 2276 (20032004) — Horse racing: backstretch workers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2276&version=20030AB227699INT)
2. **07/06/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2276&version=20030AB227697CHP)
3. **AB2276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2276)
4. **06/21/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2276&version=20030AB227698ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on labor and employment to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2276 dymally assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab2276 dymally — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dymally — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-06-21** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4260.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5740.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Assembly Rule 56 and Joint Rule 62(a) file notice, suspended. (Page 5406.)
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/8a22d2cb-212e-4c44-ab13-fc5e4089190b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).