republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2884.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State Lottery: revenue allocation."
description: "(1) The California State Lottery Act of 1984, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 1984, statewide general election, authorizes a California State Lottery and provides for its operation and administration by the California State Lottery Commission and the Director of the California State Lottery, with certain limitations. The act establishes the State Lottery Fund as a continuously appropriated fund for carrying out the purposes of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2884"
citation: "California AB 2884 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California State Lottery: revenue allocation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ee1d525-b691-4206-9c78-9ad6c4ba8347"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884"
source_hash: "6425515477189617c9653b27b4706d9e877d9374a14d670994a2e1714d713d00"
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 2884 (20192020) — California State Lottery: revenue allocation.

(1) The California State Lottery Act of 1984, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 1984, statewide general election, authorizes a California State Lottery and provides for its operation and administration by the California State Lottery Commission and the Director of the California State Lottery, with certain limitations. The act establishes the State Lottery Fund as a continuously appropriated fund for carrying out the purposes of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288499INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288498AMD)
3. **05/18/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288497AMD)
4. **07/02/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288496AMD)
5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288494CHP)
6. **AB2884** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2884&version=20190AB288495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2884 Berman Concurrence - Urgency Added — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2884 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2884 Berman By Allen Urgency Clause — **32–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (May 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 4755.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 4402.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 5356.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ee1d525-b691-4206-9c78-9ad6c4ba8347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).