---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: county fairs."
description: "Horse racing: county fairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1286"
citation: "California AB 1286 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: county fairs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richardson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d2657ce-e917-405a-b21d-fbfff2ce7e47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1286"
source_hash: "70ee6f8ad952558fe0555a91f24b82a0b234ab712f7d5e7d00ff50d432790f05"
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 1286 (20072008) — Horse racing: county fairs.

## 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=200720080AB1286&version=20070AB128699INT)
2. **09/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1286&version=20070AB128697CHP)
3. **AB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1286)
4. **08/29/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1286&version=20070AB128698ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1286 Richardson By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1286 RICHARDSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richardson — 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`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1670.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-30** 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`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 2111.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2007-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d2657ce-e917-405a-b21d-fbfff2ce7e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).