---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling control."
description: "Gambling control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 356"
citation: "California AB 356 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-14"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3576f6-0cf1-429b-b022-e77673ebf372"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356"
source_hash: "72f1fcc6c3398eedfb3f296803a39a1d9788a527491af71563428019f1262ce2"
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 356 (20072008) — Gambling control.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356&version=20070AB35699INT)
2. **09/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356&version=20070AB35698AMD)
3. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356&version=20070AB35696CHP)
4. **AB356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356)
5. **09/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB356&version=20070AB35697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB356 Mendoza By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 356 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 356 Mendoza Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2007-02-22** 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 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 14. Page 1429.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** To inactive file on motion of Senator Lowenthal.
- **2007-09-05** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2525.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 3292.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 493, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d3576f6-0cf1-429b-b022-e77673ebf372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).