---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1803"
citation: "California AB 1803 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-01-16"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074cefa8-b14b-47ae-813e-4d8a8b2565a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1803"
source_hash: "65beb2cc60fd4ba064361478584a6e8b08fad2514fbbd113ad703796d2bf237b"
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 1803 (20012002) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1803&version=20010AB180399INT)
2. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1803&version=20010AB180397CHP)
3. **AB1803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1803)
4. **08/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1803&version=20010AB180398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1803 Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1803 Harman Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5313.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5993.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2002-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074cefa8-b14b-47ae-813e-4d8a8b2565a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).