republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local gambling control."
description: "Under existing law, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling, consistent with state law, if a majority of voters affirmatively approve an ordinance so permitting, as specified. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to amend the ordinance to increase by 2 the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in a city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance in effect on January 1, 2010. The authority to amend a gaming ordinance may occur only one time. Any amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to gambling establishments or the Gambling Control Act is required to be submitted to the Department of Justice for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1039"
citation: "California AB 1039 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local gambling control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65532728-4ed3-4a2b-a581-e2da10177378"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1039"
source_hash: "45dbf1086aaf25c017c3f28de514c29add54ba91c602cbcc84046c3754a68141"
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 1039 (20132014) — Local gambling control.

Under existing law, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling, consistent with state law, if a majority of voters affirmatively approve an ordinance so permitting, as specified. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to amend the ordinance to increase by 2 the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in a city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance in effect on January 1, 2010. The authority to amend a gaming ordinance may occur only one time. Any amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to gambling establishments or the Gambling Control Act is required to be submitted to the Department of Justice for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1039&version=20130AB103999INT)
2. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1039&version=20130AB103997CHP)
3. **AB1039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1039)
4. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1039&version=20130AB103998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1039 Hall By Wright — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1039 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 1465.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2095.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 745, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65532728-4ed3-4a2b-a581-e2da10177378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).