--- type: "Bill" title: "Gambling control." description: "Existing law establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, prescribes the requirements for obtaining a gambling license, and defines a gambling establishment or licensed premises for these purposes. Existing law prohibits a contract for the sale or lease of real or personal property that requires the approval or licensing of the transferee by the commission from specifying a closing date earlier than 90 days after the submission of the completed application for approval or licensing to the commission." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 156" citation: "California AB 156 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Gambling control."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Lara"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-01-18" last_action: "2011-10-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd075eb9-c049-4ab5-a720-5216972d4adf" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156" source_hash: "1b3c1e0e83c7d0d4eb54d41e5a23e28f913efd2cf5c7da1a23bb1652fe30846a" 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 156 (20112012) — Gambling control. Existing law establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, prescribes the requirements for obtaining a gambling license, and defines a gambling establishment or licensed premises for these purposes. Existing law prohibits a contract for the sale or lease of real or personal property that requires the approval or licensing of the transferee by the commission from specifying a closing date earlier than 90 days after the submission of the completed application for approval or licensing to the commission. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15699INT) 2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15698AMD) 3. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15697AMD) 4. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15696AMD) 5. **08/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15695AMD) 6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15693CHP) 7. **AB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156) 8. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB156&version=20110AB15694ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB156 Lara By Correa — **36–0** (pass) · upper - AB 156 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - AB 156 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Lara — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18. - **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1504.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2011-08-22** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2. - **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2200.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2899.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd075eb9-c049-4ab5-a720-5216972d4adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).