---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2619"
citation: "California AB 2619 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09972cf9-c34d-4841-ac5b-08a0ef9b4c5e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619"
source_hash: "6aa755d0c6714a02957e14a8e4f0cf1e0b2ebd9833bd1b7a3264db3262e19d64"
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 2619 (20012002) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261999INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261998AMD)
3. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261997AMD)
4. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261996AMD)
5. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261994CHP)
6. **AB2619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619)
7. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2619&version=20010AB261995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2619 Strickland Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2619 Strickland By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2619 Strickland Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 921, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 8354.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5817.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 1. Page 6132.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** 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/09972cf9-c34d-4841-ac5b-08a0ef9b4c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).