republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1418.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: mixed breed meetings."
description: "Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, vests jurisdiction and supervision over horse racing meetings where wagering is held or conducted on the results of those races in the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law authorizes the board to allocate racing weeks to an applicant and to specify the racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings as will be in the public interest and will serve the purposes of the law. Existing law limits the allocation of dates for mixed breed meetings and combined fair horse racing meetings to between June 1 and October 31. Existing law prohibits the allocation of days for a mixed breed meeting or a combined fair horse racing meeting during the month of June at the California Exposition and State Fair if a standardbred meeting is being conducted at that facility during that month. Existing law also requires that the mixed breed meetings be conducted by an entity other than the California Exposition and State Fair as specified, and that the meeting encourage the racing of emerging breeds of horses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1418"
citation: "California SB 1418 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: mixed breed meetings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berryhill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7fb540-9226-42d7-ab05-21072f7cc46f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418"
source_hash: "7192f1c64917885ccf44696cb3be33cc95a16975e57bcf22b47bdae3623da7b3"
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 SB 1418 (20112012) — Horse racing: mixed breed meetings.

Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, vests jurisdiction and supervision over horse racing meetings where wagering is held or conducted on the results of those races in the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law authorizes the board to allocate racing weeks to an applicant and to specify the racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings as will be in the public interest and will serve the purposes of the law. Existing law limits the allocation of dates for mixed breed meetings and combined fair horse racing meetings to between June 1 and October 31. Existing law prohibits the allocation of days for a mixed breed meeting or a combined fair horse racing meeting during the month of June at the California Exposition and State Fair if a standardbred meeting is being conducted at that facility during that month. Existing law also requires that the mixed breed meetings be conducted by an entity other than the California Exposition and State Fair as specified, and that the meeting encourage the racing of emerging breeds of horses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418&version=20110SB141899INT)
2. **03/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418&version=20110SB141898AMD)
3. **08/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418&version=20110SB141896CHP)
4. **SB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418)
5. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1418&version=20110SB141897ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1418 Berryhill, T. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berryhill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3104.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5970.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc7fb540-9226-42d7-ab05-21072f7cc46f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).