republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2808.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: exchange wagering: operative extension."
description: "The Horse Racing Law authorizes exchange wagering, as provided, and authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to recover any costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering by imposing an assessment on the exchange wagering licensee in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering. Existing law requires any racing association or racing fair receiving distributions from any exchange provider's exchange revenues to distribute a portion of that revenue to the official registering agency in a specified manner. Existing law makes these exchange wagering provisions inoperative on May 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017. Violations of the Horse Racing Law are generally misdemeanors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2808"
citation: "California AB 2808 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: exchange wagering: operative extension."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3d933eb-63cb-4c50-8801-75820060fdd8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808"
source_hash: "351669d40c4af1402b9d170cd7c71be9b6cb3deaf4ed5f34898ade22f1178fb4"
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 2808 (20152016) — Horse racing: exchange wagering: operative extension.

The Horse Racing Law authorizes exchange wagering, as provided, and authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to recover any costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering by imposing an assessment on the exchange wagering licensee in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable costs associated with the licensing or regulation of exchange wagering. Existing law requires any racing association or racing fair receiving distributions from any exchange provider's exchange revenues to distribute a portion of that revenue to the official registering agency in a specified manner. Existing law makes these exchange wagering provisions inoperative on May 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017. Violations of the Horse Racing Law are generally misdemeanors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808&version=20150AB280899INT)
2. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808&version=20150AB280898AMD)
3. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808&version=20150AB280896CHP)
4. **AB2808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808)
5. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2808&version=20150AB280897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2808 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2808 Gipson By Block — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5045.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5115.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3d933eb-63cb-4c50-8801-75820060fdd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).