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Bill	Gambling: licenses.	The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain individuals and establishments involved in various gambling activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the enforcement of those activities by the Department of Justice. Existing law also requires that an application for renewal of a license application be filed with the commission no later than 120 days prior to expiration of the current license, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2596	California AB 2596 (20092010)	bill	Gambling: licenses.	enacted	Portantino	6	29	6	2010-02-19	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/55e75761-4c29-4f1a-9821-7aa7283021d6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2596	770c57309f56e56b114160399a8973918d2e3a540a15e3e520592916b696c29d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2596 (20092010) — Gambling: licenses.

The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain individuals and establishments involved in various gambling activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the enforcement of those activities by the Department of Justice. Existing law also requires that an application for renewal of a license application be filed with the commission no later than 120 days prior to expiration of the current license, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2596 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2596 Portantino By Price — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2596 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2596 PORTANTINO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Portantino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2010-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2010-03-18 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
• 2010-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5449.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-10 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2010-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-06-17 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. 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. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-09 To inactive file on motion of Senator Yee.
• 2010-08-18 From inactive file.
• 2010-08-18 To second reading.
• 2010-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-19 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 4830.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-25 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
• 2010-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6713.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55e75761-4c29-4f1a-9821-7aa7283021d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).