republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-977.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: charity racing days: nonprofit corporation or trust: distributions to qualified disabled jockeys."
description: "Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, requires each licensed racing association to designate a certain number of racing days to be conducted as charity days for the purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries through a distributing agent that provides, among other things, at least 30% of the distribution from charity day racing go to charities associated with the horse racing industry. That law also requires that a separate 20% of the distribution be made to a nonprofit corporation or trust, of which the directors or trustees serve without compensation except for reimbursement for reasonable expenses, and for which the nonprofit corporation or trust has as its sole purpose the accumulation of endowment funds, the income of which is distributed to qualified disabled jockeys. That law requires that when the nonprofit corporation or trust has received distributions in an amount equal to $2,000,000, the distribution to the nonprofit corporation or trust ceases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 977"
citation: "California SB 977 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: charity racing days: nonprofit corporation or trust: distributions to qualified disabled jockeys."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943b3270-8a06-40e6-a2ff-15b907fcfe94"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB977"
source_hash: "13b6760c3e8a36d3d553cc9b1b02411ca1e8c72ce448e578e0a5c305d6ee4566"
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 SB 977 (20172018) — Horse racing: charity racing days: nonprofit corporation or trust: distributions to qualified disabled jockeys.

Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, requires each licensed racing association to designate a certain number of racing days to be conducted as charity days for the purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries through a distributing agent that provides, among other things, at least 30% of the distribution from charity day racing go to charities associated with the horse racing industry. That law also requires that a separate 20% of the distribution be made to a nonprofit corporation or trust, of which the directors or trustees serve without compensation except for reimbursement for reasonable expenses, and for which the nonprofit corporation or trust has as its sole purpose the accumulation of endowment funds, the income of which is distributed to qualified disabled jockeys. That law requires that when the nonprofit corporation or trust has received distributions in an amount equal to $2,000,000, the distribution to the nonprofit corporation or trust ceases.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB977&version=20170SB97799INT)
2. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB977&version=20170SB97797CHP)
3. **SB977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB977)
4. **08/20/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB977&version=20170SB97798ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB977 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 977 Galgiani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2018-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4366.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-04-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4764.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6310.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 783, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/943b3270-8a06-40e6-a2ff-15b907fcfe94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).