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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gambling."
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description: "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. Existing law also vests the department with the responsibility to investigate violations of prohibitions against specified gambling activities, as enumerated in the Penal Code, including, among others, prohibitions against (1) lotteries, (2) certain games played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, and (3) slot machines."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 451"
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citation: "California SB 451 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Gambling"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee984555-853e-4199-b991-b46d6a8ffc34"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451"
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source_hash: "107cb78c656ac0d779bf65bd3b772a3321b6bee3f862de9a259fbcacb32d531a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 451 (20252026) — Gambling.
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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. Existing law also vests the department with the responsibility to investigate violations of prohibitions against specified gambling activities, as enumerated in the Penal Code, including, among others, prohibitions against (1) lotteries, (2) certain games played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, and (3) slot machines.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45199INT)
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2. **03/25/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45198AMD)
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3. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45197AMD)
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4. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45196AMD)
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5. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45194CHP)
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6. **SB451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451)
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7. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB451&version=20250SB45195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB451 Archuleta et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 451 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By AHRENS — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Archuleta — primary (person)
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- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2025-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1200.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1522.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
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- **2025-09-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-12** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
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- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3431.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3034.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 584, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee984555-853e-4199-b991-b46d6a8ffc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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