republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-721.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor. Existing law defines \"proposition parimutuel pool\" for purposes of those provisions as the total wagers under the parimutuel system on propositions approved by the board that are based on the results of a live quarter horse or harness horse race or races."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "California SB 721 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed0bc4d8-ae0c-4fd0-a411-c3f64c580aae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721"
source_hash: "10311464f25775f678600f7801d42a0e08941294ecd73a0ef26b4258ec8450e0"
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 721 (20132014) — Horse racing.

(1) Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, generally regulates horse racing and vests the administration and enforcement of the Horse Racing Law in the California Horse Racing Board. A violation of the Horse Racing Law, where no other penalty is expressed, is a misdemeanor. Existing law defines "proposition parimutuel pool" for purposes of those provisions as the total wagers under the parimutuel system on propositions approved by the board that are based on the results of a live quarter horse or harness horse race or races.

## 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=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72199INT)
2. **06/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72197AMD)
3. **06/09/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72196AMD)
4. **06/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72194CHP)
5. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72198AMD)
6. **SB721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721)
7. **06/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB721&version=20130SB72195ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #17 SB721 Padilla Urgency Clause Concurrence — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Governmental Organization. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 721 Padilla Third Reading Urgency By HALL — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 465.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 617.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 713.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** Assembly Rule 56 (Com. on G.O.) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 5395.)
- **2014-06-02** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice (Com. on G.O.) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 5395.)
- **2014-06-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5488.)
- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5546.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-19** From special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-19** Ordered to unfinished business.
- **2014-06-19** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2014-06-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 4018.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-06-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed0bc4d8-ae0c-4fd0-a411-c3f64c580aae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).