Existing law provides that, notwithstanding any other law and in lieu of any license fee payable to the state prescribed for or referred to in specified provisions of the Horse Racing Law, any association or fair that conducts a racing meeting shall pay its proportional amount, as determined by the formula devised by the California Horse Racing Board in consultation with the industry, as a license fee to the state to fund the board and the equine drug testing program, as provided. Existing law provides that the license fee reductions resulting from these provisions, after payments to fund the board and the equine drug testing program, shall be distributed as specified for thoroughbred racing, quarter horse racing, harness racing, and all other breeds. For quarter horse racing, 2.5% of the amount of the reduction is required to be deposited with the official registering agency and distributed as provided.
California AB 1792 (20092010) — Horse racing: license fee reduction: quarter horse racing.
Existing law provides that, notwithstanding any other law and in lieu of any license fee payable to the state prescribed for or referred to in specified provisions of the Horse Racing Law, any association or fair that conducts a racing meeting shall pay its proportional amount, as determined by the formula devised by the California Horse Racing Board in consultation with the industry, as a license fee to the state to fund the board and the equine drug testing program, as provided. Existing law provides that the license fee reductions resulting from these provisions, after payments to fund the board and the equine drug testing program, shall be distributed as specified for thoroughbred racing, quarter horse racing, harness racing, and all other breeds. For quarter horse racing, 2.5% of the amount of the reduction is required to be deposited with the official registering agency and distributed as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2010-02-18 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2010-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-10 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-13 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5159.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-27 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2010-06-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2010-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-06-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. committee-passage
2010-08-03 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-05 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4372.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2010-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6091.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2010-08-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
2010-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 193, Statutes of 2010.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36b7f68c-f384-49fe-9d85-26304589c431. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).