---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3073"
citation: "California AB 3073 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-03-13"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5050c7-5193-4a90-8150-3f53c573d13f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073"
source_hash: "ab27f8b32d251aeed746ba825b8b55632d5681b21b5247705be31a3cdce5b36f"
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 3073 (20072008) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073&version=20070AB307399INT)
2. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073&version=20070AB307398AMD)
3. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073&version=20070AB307397AMD)
4. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073&version=20070AB307395CHP)
5. **AB3073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073)
6. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3073&version=20070AB307396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3073 Committee on G.O. (Torrico) By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3073 G.O. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PRICE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3073 G.O. Assembly Third Reading By TORRICO — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-03-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2008-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4928.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5359.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 7064.)
- **2008-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7116.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5050c7-5193-4a90-8150-3f53c573d13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).