---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling Control Act."
description: "Gambling Control Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 278"
citation: "California AB 278 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling Control Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39785da5-7392-4fbf-ad98-1e5927665973"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278"
source_hash: "e925a2796e0bdf927564c42219385952d1f8c8d461238308f222af3ab9e36459"
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 278 (20032004) — Gambling Control Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27899INT)
2. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27898AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27897AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27896AMD)
5. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27895AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27894AMD)
7. **09/11/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27893AMD)
8. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27891CHP)
9. **AB278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278)
10. **09/12/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278&version=20030AB27892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab278 bermudez by vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 278 bermudez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3874.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 12). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 3901.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2568.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-11** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-09-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Ordered returned to Senate. `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2426.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1824.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 28). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** 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/39785da5-7392-4fbf-ad98-1e5927665973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).