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type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling: lotteries."
description: "Existing law prohibits the operation of a lottery. Notwithstanding this prohibition, the California Constitution and other existing law authorizes the operation of the California State Lottery and of charitable raffles, as specified. Existing law additionally clarifies that it is not unlawful to produce, print, or sell any advertising materials for a lawful lottery conducted outside of California if those advertising materials are not used in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1523"
citation: "California SB 1523 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "lotteries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-03-12"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019be3ec-a947-421c-8163-562074cb45f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523"
source_hash: "e33a6a6c1f3d325c249a03cf1e9c69407f65c8ed01bb1dda10003ab28c693caf"
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 1523 (20232024) — Gambling: lotteries.
Existing law prohibits the operation of a lottery. Notwithstanding this prohibition, the California Constitution and other existing law authorizes the operation of the California State Lottery and of charitable raffles, as specified. Existing law additionally clarifies that it is not unlawful to produce, print, or sell any advertising materials for a lawful lottery conducted outside of California if those advertising materials are not used in California.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **03/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523&version=20230SB152399INT)
2. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523&version=20230SB152398AMD)
3. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523&version=20230SB152396CHP)
4. **SB1523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523)
5. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1523&version=20230SB152397ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **190** (pass) · lower
- SB 1523 Governmental Organizatio Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — **770** (pass) · lower
- SB 1523 Governmental Organizatio Senate Third Reading By RUBIO Amendment Set #1**770** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1523 G.O. (Dodd) Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1523 G.O. — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
- **2024-03-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3723.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3829.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-06** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** June 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- **2024-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6373.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6500.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5593.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 496, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/019be3ec-a947-421c-8163-562074cb45f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).