republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2693.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Existing 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 existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races, including races that are part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, or the Haskell Invitational."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2693"
citation: "California AB 2693 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-03-15"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5270c7a1-0952-434f-83fc-76c45aa0a8c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693"
source_hash: "b67af6bca56eb44ac87b632635cc18104f6df99059a24b2e6c73f420e4ad3bdb"
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 2693 (20112012) — Horse racing.

Existing 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 existing law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races, including races that are part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai Cup, or the Haskell Invitational.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693&version=20110AB269399INT)
2. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693&version=20110AB269398AMD)
3. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693&version=20110AB269396CHP)
4. **AB2693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693)
5. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2693&version=20110AB269397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2693 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2693 G.O. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HALL — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2693 Committee on G.O. (Hall) By Correa — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4789.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4716.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6329.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5270c7a1-0952-434f-83fc-76c45aa0a8c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).