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Bill	Gambling: Gambling Control Act.	The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires a person who deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or exposes for play any controlled game in this state or who receives any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, or carrying on any controlled game in this state to apply for and obtain a valid state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit, as specified. For purposes of the act, existing law defines "applicant" as a person who has applied for, or is about to apply for, a state gambling license, or other specified licenses, permits, or approvals.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1082	California AB 1082 (20192020)	bill	Gambling: Gambling Control Act.	enacted	Low	4	20	4	2019-02-21	2020-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/76274f88-9669-4421-b504-3d38952eab0d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1082	ef6b8564140815d4f7e836fb934ce20e064e7459e08973d05e89699b3124fc86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1082 (20192020) — Gambling: Gambling Control Act.

The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires a person who deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or exposes for play any controlled game in this state or who receives any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, or carrying on any controlled game in this state to apply for and obtain a valid state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit, as specified. For purposes of the act, existing law defines "applicant" as a person who has applied for, or is about to apply for, a state gambling license, or other specified licenses, permits, or approvals.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/24/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1082 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1082 Low By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1082 Low Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1349.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-11 From Consent Calendar.
• 2019-07-11 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Dodd.
• 2020-08-27 From inactive file.
• 2020-08-27 Ordered to second reading.
• 2020-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2020-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76274f88-9669-4421-b504-3d38952eab0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).