---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: northern zone: fairs: satellite wagering."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, notwithstanding any other law, authorizes fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone to allow a joint powers authority to administer and distribute purses and authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to annually allocate a maximum of 28 racing days to any county fair in the northern zone which did not conduct horse racing prior to January 1, 1985."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1303"
citation: "California AB 1303 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: northern zone: fairs: satellite wagering."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac49217d-d2d4-4197-82d6-4ade8ed683dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303"
source_hash: "26d969195c70ff6ef325b0cc4448680b63dc3c2ea83515f2bf128f21c1429d9b"
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 1303 (20132014) — Horse racing: northern zone: fairs: satellite wagering.

(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, notwithstanding any other law, authorizes fairs that conduct live horse racing meetings in the northern zone to allow a joint powers authority to administer and distribute purses and authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to annually allocate a maximum of 28 racing days to any county fair in the northern zone which did not conduct horse racing prior to January 1, 1985.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303&version=20130AB130399INT)
2. **02/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303&version=20130AB130398AMD)
3. **03/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303&version=20130AB130396CHP)
4. **AB1303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303)
5. **03/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1303&version=20130AB130397ENR)

## Votes

- amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1303 Hall By Hill Urgency Clause — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1303 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1303 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1344.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** From consent calendar.
- **2013-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-27** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill.
- **2014-02-10** From inactive file.
- **2014-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-02-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-02-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-02-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2874.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-03-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 13). `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4098.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-03-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-03-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac49217d-d2d4-4197-82d6-4ade8ed683dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).