(1) The Horse Racing Law provides that any unallocated balance from the total revenue received by the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to that law, except as specified, is hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California fairs for, among other things, fair projects involving public health and safety and projects that are required to protect fair property. That law also provides that a portion of these funds may be allocated to California fairs for general support.
California SB 368 (20172018) — Horse racing: fairs: funding.
(1) The Horse Racing Law provides that any unallocated balance from the total revenue received by the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to that law, except as specified, is hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal years for allocation by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for capital outlay to California fairs for, among other things, fair projects involving public health and safety and projects that are required to protect fair property. That law also provides that a portion of these funds may be allocated to California fairs for general support.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB368 McGuire et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent Calendar # SB368 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
SB 368 McGuire Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Berryhill — coauthor (person)
Bigelow — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Gomez — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Vidak — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2017-02-23 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and AGRI. referral-committee
2017-03-03 Set for hearing March 28.
2017-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-03-30 Set for hearing April 18.
2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 726.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2017-04-26 May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1183.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1356.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and AGRI. referral-committee
2017-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2768.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-08-31 From special consent calendar on motion of Senator McGuire.
2017-08-31 Ordered to unfinished business.
2017-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 808, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/513646b0-0fba-4f29-9aa8-456c25fc8919. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).