republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1173.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing: advance deposit wagering: hub agreement arbitration."
description: "Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes advance deposit wagering (ADW) to be conducted, with the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, in accordance with specified provisions of law. Existing law requires an ADW provider, as defined, as a condition of approval by the board to be an ADW provider, to include all wagers made in the appropriate parimutuel pool under a contractual agreement with the applicable host track and to deduct amounts from advance deposit wagers, as specified. Existing law authorizes the execution of hub agreements, defined as written agreements providing for contractual compensation paid with respect to advance deposit wagers placed by California residents on a particular breed of racing conducted outside of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1173"
citation: "California AB 1173 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse racing: advance deposit wagering: hub agreement arbitration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd5d9bd7-f8fe-463c-9edf-1e17683a7e23"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173"
source_hash: "da0e1e0707a977fc443703da9ac022f532a9ee28b13ea9814afc1f269d626629"
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 1173 (20212022) — Horse racing: advance deposit wagering: hub agreement arbitration.

Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, authorizes advance deposit wagering (ADW) to be conducted, with the approval of the California Horse Racing Board, in accordance with specified provisions of law. Existing law requires an ADW provider, as defined, as a condition of approval by the board to be an ADW provider, to include all wagers made in the appropriate parimutuel pool under a contractual agreement with the applicable host track and to deduct amounts from advance deposit wagers, as specified. Existing law authorizes the execution of hub agreements, defined as written agreements providing for contractual compensation paid with respect to advance deposit wagers placed by California residents on a particular breed of racing conducted outside of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173&version=20210AB117399INT)
2. **06/29/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173&version=20210AB117398AMD)
3. **09/02/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173&version=20210AB117397AMD)
4. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173&version=20210AB117395CHP)
5. **AB1173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173)
6. **09/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1173&version=20210AB117396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1173 Cooper By Dodd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1173 Cooper Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1173 Cooper Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1471.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2463.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
- **2021-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2894.)
- **2021-09-10** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3114.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd5d9bd7-f8fe-463c-9edf-1e17683a7e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).