republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-819.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling Control Act."
description: "Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires specified employees of a gambling enterprise to apply for and obtain from the commission a valid key employee license or a work permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 819"
citation: "California SB 819 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling Control Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c86bd3c0-5dac-48aa-b2fb-2392a8e03350"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819"
source_hash: "b9e916007eaa9befa13a12ddafa390a8c87b442c99e3ee957baca89251850344"
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 819 (20212022) — Gambling Control Act.

Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires specified employees of a gambling enterprise to apply for and obtain from the commission a valid key employee license or a work permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819&version=20210SB81999INT)
2. **04/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819&version=20210SB81998AMD)
3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819&version=20210SB81996CHP)
4. **SB819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819)
5. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB819&version=20210SB81997ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB819 G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 819 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2021-03-04** From printer.
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 857.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2524.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 553, 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/c86bd3c0-5dac-48aa-b2fb-2392a8e03350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).