---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: workers' compensation."
description: "Horse racing: workers' compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 701"
citation: "California AB 701 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/304ce63f-1d73-4b2e-aa8f-140c8d792ccd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701"
source_hash: "5f6f55676441d74a82e9d1c2ef42d1707ec3c00eea3295008bced4ba3e90802e"
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 701 (20032004) — Horse racing: workers' compensation.

## 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=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70199INT)
2. **03/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70196AMD)
3. **03/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70195AMD)
4. **04/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70198AMD)
5. **05/13/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70193CHP)
6. **09/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70197AMD)
7. **AB701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701)
8. **05/03/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB701&version=20030AB70194ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab701 jerome horto by johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 701 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 701 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-05-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-05-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-05-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2004-05-03** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5490.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-04-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-04-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 3400.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-17** 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`
- **2003-09-12** 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`
- **2003-07-08** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 1775.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** 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`
- **2003-02-27** 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/304ce63f-1d73-4b2e-aa8f-140c8d792ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).