republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2270.md

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Bill	Horse racing: out-of-country harness racing.	Under existing law, the California Horse Racing Board is authorized to permit a harness or quarter horse association conducting a horse race to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and other designated harness or quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met, including that the association conducts at least 7 live races and imports not more than 10 races on live racing days. A violation of the Horse Racing Law is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2270	California AB 2270 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Horse racing: out-of-country harness racing.	enacted	McCarty	4	17	6	2018-02-13	2018-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/681fa106-879d-4a80-97cc-110cef003d69	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270	db15f1013e9603853837debd887c35f47870bcc97e75895068b8435d03d01941	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2270 (20172018) — Horse racing: out-of-country harness racing.

Under existing law, the California Horse Racing Board is authorized to permit a harness or quarter horse association conducting a horse race to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and other designated harness or quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met, including that the association conducts at least 7 live races and imports not more than 10 races on live racing days. A violation of the Horse Racing Law is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/16/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2270 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2270 McCarty et al. By Pan — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2270 MCCARTY Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4899.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-10 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5043.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/681fa106-879d-4a80-97cc-110cef003d69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).