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Bill	State Athletic Commission.	Under existing law, the State Athletic Commission Act, the State Athletic Commission has jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prescribes the composition of the commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive officer. Existing law authorizes the commission to employ in accordance with a specified provision of law other personnel as may be necessary for the administration of the act. Existing law repeals these provisions establishing the commission, requiring it to appoint an executive officer, and authorizing it to employ other personnel on January 1, 2020.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1523	California AB 1523 (20192020)	bill	State Athletic Commission.	enacted	Low	5	26	9	2019-02-22	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/cbd88de0-ab38-432c-9367-544182e01b60	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1523	78820d8af9a3d0b329af848edd468e5344ea20c7513b415fea2e481c50c539e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1523 (20192020) — State Athletic Commission.

Under existing law, the State Athletic Commission Act, the State Athletic Commission has jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prescribes the composition of the commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive officer. Existing law authorizes the commission to employ in accordance with a specified provision of law other personnel as may be necessary for the administration of the act. Existing law repeals these provisions establishing the commission, requiring it to appoint an executive officer, and authorizing it to employ other personnel on January 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/01/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1523 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 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] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1523 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB1523 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1523 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1898.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2715.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3272.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbd88de0-ab38-432c-9367-544182e01b60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).