---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: deductions."
description: "Horse racing: deductions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 388"
citation: "California AB 388 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: deductions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d69205a-0302-4b60-86b2-c026f33dea72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388"
source_hash: "f70b0dc1aec17ef074a363a44a031ae03d998bf6ca220ebec4482ab79225ae8b"
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 388 (20032004) — Horse racing: deductions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388&version=20030AB38899INT)
2. **04/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388&version=20030AB38898AMD)
3. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388&version=20030AB38896CHP)
4. **AB388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388)
5. **07/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB388&version=20030AB38897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab388 strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 388 strickland assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 174, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1914.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1538.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/3d69205a-0302-4b60-86b2-c026f33dea72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).