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Bill	Gambling: local moratorium.	Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling consistent with state law. Existing law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the voters. Existing law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 341	California AB 341 (20232024)	bill	Gambling local moratorium	enacted	Ramos	6	23	5	2023-01-30	2023-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/ed62769a-1c7b-4c8e-9942-657e2d975cea	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB341	a6e9d28e1d3f015752d4ea185a4691c82301373a24b122bcfec10ff601ec19f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 341 (20232024) — Gambling: local moratorium.

Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling consistent with state law. Existing law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the voters. Existing law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB341 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/16/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB341 Ramos et al. By Dodd — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 341 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — 68–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 341 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ramos — primary (person)
• Dodd — principal coauthor (person)
• Garcia — author (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — author (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — principal coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 1.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-03-16 Ordered to second reading.
• 2023-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 827.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-04-12 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1048.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-05-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1542.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-05-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-05-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed62769a-1c7b-4c8e-9942-657e2d975cea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).