---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services: wager distributions."
description: "Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services: wager distributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 813"
citation: "California AB 813 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services: wager distributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a15d6fe5-46d1-4789-8499-d3af61858640"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813"
source_hash: "39e9fbe4146c62a670099a3eb266b28353e765c90f44657c7639e497239518ea"
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 813 (20072008) — Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services: wager distributions.

## 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=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81399INT)
2. **02/07/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81397AMD)
3. **03/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81396AMD)
4. **06/02/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81394CHP)
5. **07/09/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81398AMD)
6. **AB813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813)
7. **05/20/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB813&version=20070AB81395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #23 AB813 Portantino By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 813 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 813 PORTANTINO Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Price — author (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.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1654.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3595.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5082.)
- **2008-05-15** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-19** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5188.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
- **2008-06-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a15d6fe5-46d1-4789-8499-d3af61858640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).