republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1423.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: advance deposit wagering and exchange wagering deductions."
description: "Existing law authorizes advance deposit wagering to be conducted, with the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, in accordance with specified provisions of law. Existing law requires a certain percentage of the amounts distributed for advance deposit wagering for racing meetings, except for harness racing meetings, to be deducted and distributed for the establishment and administration of a defined contribution retirement plan for California-licensed jockeys who retire on or after January 1, 2009, to supplement trainer-administered pension plans for backstretch personnel, and for distribution to a welfare fund established for horsemen and backstretch personnel, as specified. Existing law also requires a certain percentage of amounts distributed on advance deposit wagers for harness racing meetings to be deducted and distributed to a welfare fund established for the benefit of horsemen and backstretch personnel, and for any amounts remaining to be utilized for the benefit of horsemen pursuant to a written agreement between the racing association that conducts the live harness race meeting and the organization representing the horsemen, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1423"
citation: "California AB 1423 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: advance deposit wagering and exchange wagering deductions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-03-21"
last_action: "2013-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d40144a-d0ea-4c90-8510-2ab916d79717"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1423"
source_hash: "d3360f83217d35adadfb703f7249b0f86e148839ed6fe547f477a23843436aa1"
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 1423 (20132014) — Horse racing: advance deposit wagering and exchange wagering deductions.

Existing law authorizes advance deposit wagering to be conducted, with the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, in accordance with specified provisions of law. Existing law requires a certain percentage of the amounts distributed for advance deposit wagering for racing meetings, except for harness racing meetings, to be deducted and distributed for the establishment and administration of a defined contribution retirement plan for California-licensed jockeys who retire on or after January 1, 2009, to supplement trainer-administered pension plans for backstretch personnel, and for distribution to a welfare fund established for horsemen and backstretch personnel, as specified. Existing law also requires a certain percentage of amounts distributed on advance deposit wagers for harness racing meetings to be deducted and distributed to a welfare fund established for the benefit of horsemen and backstretch personnel, and for any amounts remaining to be utilized for the benefit of horsemen pursuant to a written agreement between the racing association that conducts the live harness race meeting and the organization representing the horsemen, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1423&version=20130AB142399INT)
2. **09/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1423&version=20130AB142397CHP)
3. **AB1423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1423)
4. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1423&version=20130AB142398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1423 G.O. Assembly Third Reading By HALL — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #10 AB1423 Committee on G.O. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
- **2013-04-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1710.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2403.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d40144a-d0ea-4c90-8510-2ab916d79717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).