republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-707.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: thoroughbred races."
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, as specified, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Existing law prohibits the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis, as specified, from exceeding 32 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state. Certain well-known races are excluded from this limitation, including the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 707"
citation: "California AB 707 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: thoroughbred races."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b5338b6-1884-484f-98a1-652d1d95f74a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707"
source_hash: "ab69f27e420fdcadb9387f3254338113f4877ae86e0b611f290b5b109713918e"
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 707 (20112012) — Horse racing: thoroughbred races.

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, as specified, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Existing law prohibits the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis, as specified, from exceeding 32 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state. Certain well-known races are excluded from this limitation, including the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70799INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70798AMD)
3. **06/20/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70797AMD)
4. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70796AMD)
5. **07/15/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70794CHP)
6. **AB707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707)
7. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB707&version=20110AB70795ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 707 GARRICK Concurrence - Urgency Added — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 707 GARRICK Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1583.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1690.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-05** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2184.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b5338b6-1884-484f-98a1-652d1d95f74a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).