Existing law, 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 every person who, either as owner, lessee, or employee, deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or exposes for play any controlled game, or who receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, or carrying on any controlled game, to apply for and obtain from the commission a valid state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit. Existing law requires the commission to hold a meeting that is conducted in accordance with specified evidentiary rules, similar to a hearing, in order to deny an application or grant a gambling license to an applicant.
California AB 120 (20212022) — Gambling Control Act.
Existing law, 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 every person who, either as owner, lessee, or employee, deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or exposes for play any controlled game, or who receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for keeping, running, or carrying on any controlled game, to apply for and obtain from the commission a valid state gambling license, key employee license, or work permit. Existing law requires the commission to hold a meeting that is conducted in accordance with specified evidentiary rules, similar to a hearing, in order to deny an application or grant a gambling license to an applicant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
AB 120 Salas Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Salas — primary (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2020-12-19 From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2021-04-12 Coauthors revised.
2021-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1334.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1632.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51dc2620-f63b-4c44-bdb5-eaaa68e55c6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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