---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 765"
citation: "California AB 765 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe981c0-326e-46bf-9749-bf2ab4319d6a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765"
source_hash: "325e7eeb5c75d6980eccb6b194441ebc12a0c8174f50eda53b41c308022ccb83"
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 765 (20072008) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76599INT)
2. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76598AMD)
3. **05/23/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76597AMD)
4. **06/04/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76596AMD)
5. **08/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76595AMD)
6. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76594AMD)
7. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76592CHP)
8. **AB765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765)
9. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB765&version=20070AB76593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 765 Evans Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB765 Evans By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 765 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB765 Evans By Florez — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB765 Evans Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** 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`
- **2007-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2035.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** 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 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-09-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2536.) `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-10** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Florez.
- **2007-09-10** Reconsideration granted. (Page 2536.)
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2556.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-11** (Page 3263.)
- **2007-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3263.)
- **2007-09-11** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 3404.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** (Corrected September 27.)
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbe981c0-326e-46bf-9749-bf2ab4319d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).