republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-553.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Justice: Bureau of Gambling Control."
description: "Existing law establishes the Bureau of Gambling Control within the Department of Justice. Existing law also establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for, among other things, regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 553"
citation: "California AB 553 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bureau of Gambling Control", "Department of Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91966b6-ea16-4cb6-9ae8-0e2fc5adad18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553"
source_hash: "0483aaa18694f8fee2d14b9d6d6f9ed502d461ad1c065055dbdba724003c985e"
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 553 (20232024) — Department of Justice: Bureau of Gambling Control.

Existing law establishes the Bureau of Gambling Control within the Department of Justice. Existing law also establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for, among other things, regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553&version=20230AB55399INT)
2. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553&version=20230AB55398AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553&version=20230AB55396CHP)
4. **AB553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553)
5. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB553&version=20230AB55397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 553 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 553 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB553 Ramos et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Garcia — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2056.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3547.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d91966b6-ea16-4cb6-9ae8-0e2fc5adad18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).