---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling."
description: "Gambling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 673"
citation: "California AB 673 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Gambling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d60a221-edef-4097-a741-2e5463870324"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673"
source_hash: "2693f980897817f09ab6468af0117f2681f126dacf664e614bca8c321fe3b240"
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 673 (20032004) — Gambling.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673&version=20030AB67399INT)
2. **07/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673&version=20030AB67398AMD)
3. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673&version=20030AB67396CHP)
4. **AB673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673)
5. **07/29/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB673&version=20030AB67397ENR)

## Votes

- ab 673 g.o. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- w/o ref. to file ab673 committee on gov. org. (horton) urgency clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 673 horton,j concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-07-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2929.) Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2929.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-27** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1999.) `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From Consent Calendar. To inactive file on motion of Senator Vincent.
- **2003-06-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1632.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/7d60a221-edef-4097-a741-2e5463870324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).