---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State Lottery."
description: "California State Lottery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1654"
citation: "California AB 1654 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State Lottery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-11-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5763498-8347-470c-bb71-ec673a2be45c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654"
source_hash: "46a284cba0b379b73f40e215630c57985e2a74a5a2fce16bf6c456d502fb083b"
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 1654 (20072008) — California State 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=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165499INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165498AMD)
3. **01/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165497AMD)
4. **01/18/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165496AMD)
5. **03/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165495AMD)
6. **09/15/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165494AMD)
7. **11/14/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165492CHP)
8. **AB1654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654)
9. **09/17/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1654&version=20070AB165493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1654 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By LAIRD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1654 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1654 Huffman Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — 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`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (January 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 3860.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee with author's amendments and whereby the bill was read second time, amended, and re-referred to committee. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** To third reading.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-09-15** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5562.)
- **2008-09-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-09-15** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-15** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2008-09-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5588.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-09-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-09-16** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 7237.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-11-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2008-11-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-11-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5763498-8347-470c-bb71-ec673a2be45c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).