republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-278.md

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Bill	Gambling Control Act.	Gambling Control Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 278	California AB 278 (20032004)	bill	Gambling Control Act.	enacted	Bermudez	10	30	6	2003-02-05	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/39785da5-7392-4fbf-ad98-1e5927665973	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB278	e925a2796e0bdf927564c42219385952d1f8c8d461238308f222af3ab9e36459	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 278 (20032004) — Gambling Control Act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB278 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/12/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab278 bermudez by vincent — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 278 bermudez assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bermudez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-23 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3874.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 12). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 3901.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-09-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2568.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-11 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2003-09-10 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2003-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Ordered returned to Senate. referral-committee
• 2003-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2426.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-21 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-02 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1824.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-05-07 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 28). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-02-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2003-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2003-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39785da5-7392-4fbf-ad98-1e5927665973. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).