---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: harness or quarter horses."
description: "Under existing law, the California Board of Horse Racing may authorize a harness or quarter horse association conducting a horse race to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and other designated harness or quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met, including that the association conducts at least 7 live races and imports not more than 8 races on live racing days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2520"
citation: "California AB 2520 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: harness or quarter horses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab2750d3-db02-4e3a-8434-3d4635c0fe48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2520"
source_hash: "8679b872a716b29b04801fb62a532846a412c1f8643fa2c1db3e412561fcd0b9"
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 2520 (20112012) — Horse racing: harness or quarter horses.

Under existing law, the California Board of Horse Racing may authorize a harness or quarter horse association conducting a horse race to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and other designated harness or quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met, including that the association conducts at least 7 live races and imports not more than 8 races on live racing days.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2520&version=20110AB252099INT)
2. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2520&version=20110AB252097CHP)
3. **AB2520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2520)
4. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2520&version=20110AB252098ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2520 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2520 Hall By Negrete McLeod — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4787.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5052.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab2750d3-db02-4e3a-8434-3d4635c0fe48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).