republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2655.md

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Bill	Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Apple Blossom Handicap.	Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races, including races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, the Arkansas Derby, or the Haskell Invitational.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2655	California AB 2655 (20132014)	bill	Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Apple Blossom Handicap.	enacted	Hall	4	16	4	2014-02-21	2014-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b2d73266-980a-419f-be68-d761c1aaf1e2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2655	53c69cecb82350df0345e5605daf39b29bafead8d0c07c0a6786b54c651f27df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2655 (20132014) — Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Apple Blossom Handicap.

Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races, including races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, the Arkansas Derby, or the Haskell Invitational.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/18/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2655 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2655 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2014-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4973.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-22 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4197.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-07-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2014-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 149, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2d73266-980a-419f-be68-d761c1aaf1e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).