AB 509	Horton, Jerome	Horse racing: out-of-country thoroughbred races.	A-08/25/2003
	01/20/2004-In Senate. Held at Desk.
	Existing law provides that a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, provided that the total number of thoroughbred races on which wagers are accepted statewide in any given year does not exceed the total number of thoroughbred races on which wagers were accepted in 1998. Existing law permits this without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen participating in the race meeting, but subject to other limitations, including a limitation of 23 races per day, except as provided. State license fees on this wagering are provided for in existing law. This bill would amend those provisions with the 23 race per day limitation to apply only to out-of-state races in the United States. It would add separate provisions to permit a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-country thoroughbred races on similar conditions, without a daily limit on races . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link Bill from last year on hold in the Senate.
AB 571	Yee	Horse racing.	A-07/15/2003
	08/28/2003-In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
	Existing law provides for the operation of, and wagering on, live horseraces conducted by associations and fairs, and for the conduct of satellite wagering facilities, subject to the regulation and oversight of the California Horse Racing Board, as specified. This bill would provide, in addition, that any nonthoroughbred racing association , as defined, that is conducting live racing after 6 p.m. and receiving a satellite signal from another nonthoroughbred racing association that is also conducting live racing shall not be required to accept and display that satellite signal or accept wagers on any transmitted race, unless there is a written agreement between the two associations and the consent of the organization representing the horsemen and horsewomen at the association receiving the satellite signal. The bill would further provide that if the associations are unable to reach an agreement regarding the acceptance of the satellite signal or regarding the collection of fees, acceptance of wagers, or distribution of the purse associated with any satellite wagering, the matter shall be referred to the board for resolution.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link Bill from last year on hold in the Senate.
AB 667	Harman	horse racing.	I-02/19/2003
	05/08/2003-Referred to Com. on G.O.
	Existing law generally requires every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting to provide for the running of at least one race each racing day limited to California-bred horses, or featuring California-bred horses, to be known as the "California-bred race." Existing law requires for thoroughbred and quarter horse racing that the total amount distributed to horsemen and horsewomen for California-bred stakes races from the purse account to be not less than 10% of the total amount distributed for all stakes races from the purse account at that racing meeting. Existing law defines a "California-bred quarter horse" as a quarter horse foal conceived in California by a stallion standing in California at the time of conception. This bill would change that definition to require the stallion to be standing in California at the approximate time of conception.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link Bill from last year on hold in the Senate.
AB 675	Strickland	Horse racing: racing days and weeks.	I-02/19/2003
	06/24/2003-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
	Existing law defines "racing weeks" for the purposes of the Horse Racing Law as 7 consecutive days during which a licensed racing association is authorized by the California Horse Racing Board to conduct horse racing for a minimum of 5 racing days. Existing law permits the board to authorize a licensed racing association or fair to conduct horse racing on a minimum of 4 racing days during a racing week if the racing association or fair and the organization representing horsemen jointly petition the board to do so. Existing law also provides for fractional weeks of 4 days or less that can be authorized by the board at the beginning or end of a racing meeting, and under certain other circumstances. This bill would redefine "racing week" as 7 consecutive days during which an association is authorized to conduct horse racing for a minimum of 4, instead of 5, racing days, and would authorize less than 4 in response to a joint petition as described above. It would also specify that fractional racing weeks of 3 days or less can be authorized by the board on the terms now applicable to fractional racing weeks of 4 days or less.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link Bill from last year on hold in the Senate.
AB 1838	Horton, Jerome	Horse racing: workers' compensation.	A-04/15/2004
	04/26/2004-Read second time. To third reading.
	Existing law sets the amount deducted from the parimutuel pools of thoroughbred races in California. For conventional wagering, that amount is 15% and for exotic wagering, it is 16.75%. Existing law provides for mandatory workers' compensation insurance, and horse owners and horse race operators cannot be granted or keep their licenses unless they have adequate security for workers' compensation, as specified. This bill would make findings and declarations concerning thoroughbred horse racing in California, and the impact of rising costs, including workers' compensation insurance costs, on the health of the California thoroughbred horse racing industry. This bill would, until January 1, 2009 , mandate a separate deduction of 0.5% from the exotic parimutuel pools of California thoroughbred races of thoroughbred racing associations and fairs at the racing inclosure, at satellite facilities, at betting systems that accept wagers from California residents, and at betting systems that accept wagers on California races from residents of other states, as specified. The additional 0.5% from the pools would be expended by an organization formed pursuant to the bill's provisions to mitigate workers' compensation costs, as specified, with any unexpended funds at the end of a calendar year to be carried forward to the next year or distributed to organizations that fund offsite stabling and related purposes, as specified. The organization formed to distribute these funds would have to account for its finances to the California Horse Racing Board, as specified. The bill would require the organization to obtain an independent audit, to commission an evaluation, and to report on the evaluation and audit to the California Horse Racing Board, as specified. This bill would also provide for the distribution of funds received under these provisions, as specified, upon their becoming inoperative in 2009 . This bill contains other related provisions.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link AB 1838 is the “backup” for AB 701, the racing workers’ comp and is on hold.
AB 2164	Plescia	Horse racing: marketing.	A-04/16/2004
	04/22/2004-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
	Existing law permits racing associations, fairs, and the organization responsible for contracting with racing associations and fairs with respect to the conduct of racing meetings, to form a private, statewide marketing organization to market and promote thoroughbred and fair horse racing. Existing law requires the marketing organization to annually submit to the California Horse Racing Board a statewide marketing and promotion plan for thoroughbred and fair horse racing. Existing law also specifies funds to be distributed to the marketing organization for the promotion of thoroughbred and fair horse racing, and for workers' compensation, as specified. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2004, and repeals them on January 1, 2005. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until January 1, 2006, when they would be repealed. This bill contains other related provisions.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This bill extends the sunset provision on the marketing organization until July 1, 2006 and is in Senate GO waiting to be heard.
AB 2276	Dymally	Horse racing: backstretch workers.	I-02/19/2004
	05/06/2004-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5).
	Existing law establishes a welfare fund for the benefit of backstretch personnel and horsemen, and requires that every employer of backstretch workers, upon request, submit or provide access to the administrator of the welfare program any employment records necessary for prompt payment of benefits and proper administration of the program. This bill would require those employers, upon request, to submit in writing or electronically to the administrator of the welfare program any employment records necessary for prompt payment of benefits and proper administration of the program. It would separately require those employers to provide the administrator of the program access to those records.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This is still a “spot bill” sponsored by Magna. It has passed out of Assembly GO committee and Assembly Labor and Employment committee and is scheduled to be heard on the Assembly floor next.
AB 2538	Strickland	Horse racing: harness and quarter horse races.	I-02/20/2004
	05/04/2004-Read second time. To third reading.
	Under existing law, the California Horse Racing Board is authorized to permit a harness or quarter horse association conducting a race meeting to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and sometimes other harness or quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met. In particular, subject to specified conditions and limitations, if only one breed is being raced on a given live racing day, the live racing association may import additional races that would otherwise be simulcast by the association which is not racing, as specified. Existing law provides that proceeds allocated to purses from these additional races are to be distributed equally for purses for harness horsemen and quarter horse horsemen. This bill would require this purse money for horsemen of the breed not racing to be distributed quarterly, as specified.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This bill deals with purse distribution for quarter horse and harness horsemen. It is in the Assembly on 3^rd reading.
AB 2945	Calderon	Horse racing: reporting.	I-02/20/2004
	05/06/2004-From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5).
	Existing law requires the California Horse Racing Board to make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature of its proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, with specified contents concerning the horse racing. This bill would add to those contents information regarding workers' compensation costs and their impact on the racing industry.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This is a bill that requires additional information in the CHRB report on workers’ comp costs. It is on consent.
AB 3083	Committee on Governmental Organization	Horse racing.	I-03/11/2004
	05/04/2004-Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
	Existing law defines various terms relating to horse racing. This bill would define 3 additional terms relating to horse racing, "takeout," and "handle," and "advance deposit wagering." This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link On consent, it is a bill to clarify definitions.
AB 3091	Committee on Governmental Organization	Horse racing: the Travers Stakes.	I-03/11/2004
	05/06/2004-From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5).
	Existing law provides that, during the calendar period of its racing meeting, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races, provided that the total number of races imported statewide in any given year does not exceed the total number of races imported in 1998. Existing law also provides that no more than 23 races may be imported on any given day when live thoroughbred racing is being conducted, with specified exceptions. Existing law exempts from that 23-race per day limit, among others, races imported that are part of the race card of certain prominent races. This bill would add to those races exempted from the 23-race per day limit imported races that are part of the race card that includes the Travers Stakes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link On consent, a technical bill that would allow additional races to be imported.
ACR 123	Levine	Horse racing.	A-08/26/2003
	08/27/2003-Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
	This measure would request the California Horse Racing Board to facilitate revisions to agreements between racing associations, fairs, advance deposit wagering hubs and systems, and horse owners and breeders for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of one or more live telephone call centers in this state.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This is a concurrent resolution from last year that has not moved
SB 1183	Margett	Horse racing.	I-02/09/2004
	05/06/2004-To Com. on G.O.
	Existing law provides that the California Horse Racing Board may authorize a harness racing association in this state to accept wagers on races conducted by the racing association that conducts the Breeder's Crown Stakes, if the race is conducted on the same day as the Breeder's Crown Stakes and if the association in this state that accepts those wagers is then conducting a live racing meeting. This bill would expand this authority to permit a California harness racing association conducting a live racing meeting to accept wagers on the full card of races conducted by another racing association on the day that other association conducts the Breeder's Crown Stakes, the Meadowlands Pace, the Hambletonian, or the North American Cup. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link This bill deals with harness reacing’s Breeder’s Crown Stakes. It is in Assembly GO Committee.
SB 1227	Soto	Horse racing: fairs: allocation of racing dates.	I-02/12/2004
	04/29/2004-Set for hearing May 10.
	Existing law authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to allocate racing weeks to an applicant or applicants, and to specify the racing days, dates, and hours for horse racing meetings. Existing law entitles any fair racing association that conducted racing in the central or southern zone prior to January 1, 1980, to be allocated up to 3 weeks of racing. This bill would prohibit the board from allocating racing dates to a private thoroughbred association in the central or southern zone for the purpose of conducting thoroughbred racing during daytime or nighttime hours if a fair racing association is conducting racing in the central zone on the same dates and if that fair is obligated to make payments on a capital expense loan incurred for the purpose of improving its facilities for horse racing. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link SB 1227 is a bill dealing with racing dates and is sponsored by the Pomona Fair to assist in securing financing for their planned expansion.
SB 1288	Karnette	Horse racing: distributions.	I-02/17/2004
	05/05/2004-Read second time. To third reading.
	Existing law requires that the total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering facilities in the northern, central, and southern zones be the same as deductions for wagers at the racetrack where the racing meeting is being conducted. From this amount, existing law provides for specified distributions, including a distribution of 0.4% of the amount handled at satellite wagering facilities on standardbred races for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program. After specified distributions, existing law provides that the balance of the deduction from wagers on harness races at satellite wagering facilities be divided equally between commissions for the association that conducts the harness racing meeting and purses for the horsemen participating in that racing meeting. This bill would require an additional amount equal to 0.1% of the amount handled at satellite facilities on harness race wagers to be distributed to the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program out of the share of the deduction dedicated to purses for harness horsemen as specified above.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link SB 1288 would require an additional .1% of the handle to be distributed to the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program.
SB 1786	Johnson	Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities.	I-02/20/2004
	03/11/2004-To Com. on RLS.
	Existing law permits the California Horse Racing Board to authorize an association licensed to conduct a racing meeting to operate a satellite wagering facility for wagering on races conducted in the same region, as specified, and provides specific guidelines for the operation of these facilities. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in this law.
	Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo Link SB 1786 has not been scheduled for a hearing and appears to be dead. It was introduced as a spot bill.