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Bill	Gambling Control Act.	(1) The existing Gambling Control Act (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. The existing act specifically requires the commission to provide for a state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit and authorizes the commission to deny a license or work permit for any cause deemed reasonable by the commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 649	California AB 649 (20192020)	bill	Gambling Control Act.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	7	26	8	2019-02-15	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/daf24784-5094-4202-a9a5-902012668143	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB649	0a3644d6058b3f13ad203860c0e2343c05428d5814940b30879861345b3c48e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 649 (20192020) — Gambling Control Act.

(1) The existing Gambling Control Act (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. The existing act specifically requires the commission to provide for a state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit and authorizes the commission to deny a license or work permit for any cause deemed reasonable by the commission.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/16/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB649 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 649 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 649 Cristina Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB649 Cristina Garcia By Archuleta — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1475.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 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
• 2019-07-03 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
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 9). 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.
• 2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2750.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3408.). 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 432, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daf24784-5094-4202-a9a5-902012668143. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).