---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program."
description: "(1) The Horse Racing Law establishes the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program for standardbred horses bred in California, and provides that an offspring of a registered California standardbred stallion standing in California during an entire breeding season is eligible to race in the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1786"
citation: "California AB 1786 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094be57a-bc8f-4e32-aa93-60f3be4864f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1786"
source_hash: "4490d0746a07728d92fe663782075c85cb3e45a829d4f646fbb4d2dcd073cfd7"
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 1786 (20152016) — Horse racing: the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.

(1) The Horse Racing Law establishes the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program for standardbred horses bred in California, and provides that an offspring of a registered California standardbred stallion standing in California during an entire breeding season is eligible to race in the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1786&version=20150AB178699INT)
2. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1786&version=20150AB178697CHP)
3. **AB1786** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1786)
4. **08/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1786&version=20150AB178698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1786 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4593.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4872.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/094be57a-bc8f-4e32-aa93-60f3be4864f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).