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Bill	Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Whitney Stakes.	The Horse Racing Law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under that law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions are required to not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of specified races.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1946	California AB 1946 (20232024)	bill	Horse racing Whitney Stakes out-of-state thoroughbred races	enacted	Alanis	5	21	5	2024-01-29	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d830f74c-37ef-48a6-a38d-49a043720c94	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1946	8d31e101c5e271178236bd20c9d226a7b2a0ea686b887bbeff77ccc946f65ae0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1946 (20232024) — Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Whitney Stakes.

The Horse Racing Law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under that law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions are required to not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of specified races.

Version chain

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

1. 01/29/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1946 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1946 Alanis Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1946 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1946 Alanis By Dodd — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alanis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-30 From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-04-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-11 From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Essayli. To Third Reading. reading-1
• 2024-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4781.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-05-20 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-30 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-05-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d830f74c-37ef-48a6-a38d-49a043720c94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).