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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 856"
citation: "California AB 856 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320b7a3a-f01e-417d-bea0-a25872d43f2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856"
source_hash: "9e5eba3e496b1432275011d0d5c2f6b361141218c734ba5b2a2e84245e2b92df"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85699INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85698AMD)
3. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85697AMD)
4. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85696AMD)
5. **08/29/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85695AMD)
6. **09/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85694AMD)
7. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85692CHP)
8. **AB856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856)
9. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB856&version=20010AB85693ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320b7a3a-f01e-417d-bea0-a25872d43f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).