---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State Lottery: multistate lottery."
description: "California State Lottery: multistate lottery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1251"
citation: "California AB 1251 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State Lottery: multistate lottery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4cda9c-47da-4b53-81ea-40a4be17ede4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1251"
source_hash: "7cbca7dc707063dbb55ce2b5f7af925f6265dc1822e6df5a08f31a34bb469cc4"
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 1251 (20072008) — California State Lottery: multistate lottery.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1251&version=20070AB125199INT)
2. **04/23/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1251&version=20070AB125197CHP)
3. **AB1251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1251)
4. **04/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1251&version=20070AB125198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1251 TRAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1251 Tran By Wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1612.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-02-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-02-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3398.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-04-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-04-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-04-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4cda9c-47da-4b53-81ea-40a4be17ede4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).