republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-864.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling."
description: "Gambling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 864"
citation: "California AB 864 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b8b09b-48e9-4324-ab88-89d3fb3682b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864"
source_hash: "af206f23840ed6bceb07692d8f2a510c593a671f1fc08deffd2ecbf38701e05d"
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 864 (20032004) — Gambling.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86499INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86498AMD)
3. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86497AMD)
4. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86496AMD)
5. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86495AMD)
6. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86493CHP)
7. **AB864** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864)
8. **08/28/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB864&version=20030AB86494ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab864 firebaugh by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 864 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 864 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2004-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 25. Page 8059.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7896.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 7.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 5365.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** 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`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 1686.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 7). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/b7b8b09b-48e9-4324-ab88-89d3fb3682b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).