---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: harness horse races."
description: "Horse racing: harness horse races."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2538"
citation: "California AB 2538 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: harness horse races."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af5b5c7b-599b-4685-a0f5-493d440320d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538"
source_hash: "7eeb86127fdb99029fb0f5f8e2a8004a22b065bac732141cef3fec958211d907"
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 2538 (20032004) — Horse racing: harness horse races.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538&version=20030AB253899INT)
2. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538&version=20030AB253898AMD)
3. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538&version=20030AB253897AMD)
4. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538&version=20030AB253895CHP)
5. **AB2538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538)
6. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2538&version=20030AB253896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2538 strickland assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2538 strickland concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2538 strickland by vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 7028.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4544.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 77. Noes 0. Page 5720.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/af5b5c7b-599b-4685-a0f5-493d440320d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).