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type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling: moratorium."
description: "Existing law regulates legal gambling in California and prohibits, until January 1, 2015, the governing body and the electors of a county, city, or city and county from authorizing or expanding any legal gaming beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. Additionally, the commission is prohibited, until January 1, 2015, from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 241"
citation: "California AB 241 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling: moratorium."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b151e5a-b5bd-49f2-adc4-5ad789d1d2fa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241"
source_hash: "ef818d8dc37edd13fcd0a841aaac84ae61e9f51f22e266ee17707b9b32c5dfb9"
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 241 (20112012) — Gambling: moratorium.
Existing law regulates legal gambling in California and prohibits, until January 1, 2015, the governing body and the electors of a county, city, or city and county from authorizing or expanding any legal gaming beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. Additionally, the commission is prohibited, until January 1, 2015, from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24199INT)
2. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24197CHP)
3. **AB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241)
4. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB241&version=20110AB24198ENR)
## Votes
- AB 241 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **781** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB241 Hall By Calderon — **361** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **72** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **101** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1645.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2164.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b151e5a-b5bd-49f2-adc4-5ad789d1d2fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).