---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation."
description: "Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2103"
citation: "California AB 2103 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Plescia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5440df32-643c-428d-a56b-63c22daff2c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103"
source_hash: "7547c88ce23afcc7883c11da81490bd644dfa6924528c60e20aef364efc73d21"
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 2103 (20072008) — Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103&version=20070AB210399INT)
2. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103&version=20070AB210398AMD)
3. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103&version=20070AB210396CHP)
4. **AB2103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103)
5. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2103&version=20070AB210397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #35 AB2103 Plescia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2103 PLESCIA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Insurance to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Plescia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5165.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5440df32-643c-428d-a56b-63c22daff2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).