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type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: out-of-country harness racing."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2270"
citation: "California AB 2270 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: out-of-country harness racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681fa106-879d-4a80-97cc-110cef003d69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270"
source_hash: "db15f1013e9603853837debd887c35f47870bcc97e75895068b8435d03d01941"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270&version=20170AB227099INT)
2. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270&version=20170AB227097CHP)
3. **AB2270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270)
4. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2270&version=20170AB227098ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB2270 McCarty et al. By Pan — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **210** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **100** (pass) · upper
- AB 2270 MCCARTY Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681fa106-879d-4a80-97cc-110cef003d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).