---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2792"
citation: "California AB 2792 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-03-17"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/969cc867-af71-47a5-bad5-53e98a4d00af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792"
source_hash: "c85f28b4c33134c7e8fb4acddd731688e689bb401970fc852d82439f4e4c451d"
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 2792 (20092010) — Horse racing.

(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792&version=20090AB279299INT)
2. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792&version=20090AB279298AMD)
3. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792&version=20090AB279296CHP)
4. **AB2792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792)
5. **09/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2792&version=20090AB279297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2792 G.O. Assembly Third Reading By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2792 Committee on G.O. (Coto) By Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2792 Governmental Organizatio Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-03-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5340.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4875.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6857.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/969cc867-af71-47a5-bad5-53e98a4d00af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).