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Bill	Horse racing: health and safety.	(1) The Horse Racing Law, vests the California Horse Racing Board with jurisdiction and supervision over horse racing meetings in this state on which wagering is held or conducted, and over all persons or things having to do with the operation of those meetings. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to conduct a racing meeting at the racetrack specified in the license, subject to certain conditions, including that the board has inspected and approved the racetrack as conforming to the safety standards established by the board. Existing law requires all proceedings to revoke a license to be conducted in accordance with the procedures for a formal hearing set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act. A violation of the Horse Racing Law is generally a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 469	California SB 469 (20192020)	bill	Horse racing: health and safety.	enacted	Dodd	8	28	6	2019-02-21	2019-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/82189f5f-af25-4b33-bbe2-0a0397624800	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB469	db41725d156ee0fc618192718873f5d63034847aa2007a2dc450b68dcb693482	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 469 (20192020) — Horse racing: health and safety.

(1) The Horse Racing Law, vests the California Horse Racing Board with jurisdiction and supervision over horse racing meetings in this state on which wagering is held or conducted, and over all persons or things having to do with the operation of those meetings. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to conduct a racing meeting at the racetrack specified in the license, subject to certain conditions, including that the board has inspected and approved the racetrack as conforming to the safety standards established by the board. Existing law requires all proceedings to revoke a license to be conducted in accordance with the procedures for a formal hearing set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act. A violation of the Horse Racing Law is generally a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/26/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB469 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/24/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB469 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 469 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Gray — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB469 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Chau — principal coauthor (person)
• Gray — principal coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Rubio — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 772.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2019-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1002.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-24 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-13 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2019-06-13 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2019-06-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-06-20 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Gray.
• 2019-06-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-06-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-06-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2400.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-06-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-06-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1727.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2019-06-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-06-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82189f5f-af25-4b33-bbe2-0a0397624800. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).