republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-856.md

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Bill	Horse racing.	Horse racing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 856	California AB 856 (20012002)	bill	Horse racing.	enacted	Wesson	9	25	9	2001-02-22	2001-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/320b7a3a-f01e-417d-bea0-a25872d43f2d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856	9e5eba3e496b1432275011d0d5c2f6b361141218c734ba5b2a2e84245e2b92df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 856 (20012002) — Horse racing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/30/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/11/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB856 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 856 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB856 Wesson By Vincent — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 856 Wesson Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wesson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 783, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-10-01 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2001-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 3871.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2001-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2001-09-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 3. Page 2838.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-09-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-09 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2001-07-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2001-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 2285.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage
• 2001-05-29 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
• 2001-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2001-05-01 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-04-26 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-16 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. referral-committee
• 2001-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2001-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/320b7a3a-f01e-417d-bea0-a25872d43f2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).