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type: "Bill"
title: "Sports betting pools."
description: "Existing law makes it either a misdemeanor or a felony, punishable by imprisonment in either a county jail or in the state prison, for a person, whether or not for gain, hire, or reward, to make a betting pool or place a bet or wager on the result of any contest or event, including a sporting event, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 58"
citation: "California AB 58 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sports betting pools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-12-05"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01e48c02-656d-483c-ae79-881b15fb4379"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB58"
source_hash: "41d034b5103022162b39cb451114f9d58d0de3597bd54f184e375ac5b43034b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 58 (20092010) — Sports betting pools.
Existing law makes it either a misdemeanor or a felony, punishable by imprisonment in either a county jail or in the state prison, for a person, whether or not for gain, hire, or reward, to make a betting pool or place a bet or wager on the result of any contest or event, including a sporting event, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB58&version=20090AB5899INT)
2. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB58&version=20090AB5897CHP)
3. **AB58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB58)
4. **07/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB58&version=20090AB5898ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 AB58 Jeffries — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 58 JEFFRIES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeffries — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-12-05** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **2008-12-08** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1460.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1519.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 72, Statutes of 2009.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01e48c02-656d-483c-ae79-881b15fb4379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).