Topic | Bill number | Author | Interest position | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discount health programs. | AB 1414 (2003-2004) | Levine | Support | No |
| This bill makes a technical and non-substantive change to the Penal Code. | ||||
| Tribal-state gaming compacts: ratification and payment securitization. | AB 687 (2003-2004) | Campbell | Oppose | Yes |
| This bill ratifies the amendments to the Tribal-State Gaming Compacts recently renegotiated by the Governor and five gaming tribes. It authorizes the issuance of bonds, secured by Indian gaming revenue, for an amount up to $1.5 billion, to be dedicated for transportation improvement purposes. It also provides the tribes with the authority to seek injunctive relief if their exclusive right to conduct Class III games in this state is ever breached. | ||||
| County Health Initiative Matching Fund. | AB 1524 (2003-2004) | Richman | Support | Yes |
| This bill would expand the scope of the fund's health insurance coverage to include adults who are parents of or responsible for children eligible for the Healthy Families or Medi-Cal programs and who meet specified criteria. The bill would only authorize funding for adults in a fiscal year if the funds are not needed for the children's expansion program. | ||||
| Gambling Control Act. | SB 1524 (2003-2004) | Vincent | Support | No |
| This bill changes the eligibility criteria for obtaining a gambling license to allow out of state casino owners to obtain one. | ||||
| Gambling Control Act. | AB 1489 (2003-2004) | Negrete McLeod | Support | Yes |
| This bill requires the Division of Gambling Control to post on the Attorney General's Web site the rules of play and the collection rates of each game approved at each card room. Requires a licensee making a request of the Division to approve a new game and collection rate to reimburse the Division for the actual costs incurred. | ||||
| Gambling. | SB 814 (2003-2004) | Vincent | Support | Yes |
| This bill increases a current moratorium on the construction and licensing of new non-Indian gambling establishments as specified, from January 1, 2007, to January 1, 2010 and provides that the California Gambling Control Commission may renew gambling licenses for a period of up to two years. | ||||
| Gambling. | AB 864 (2003-2004) | Firebaugh | Support | Yes |
| This bill permits local agencies to amend their ordinances to allow, in a gambling establishment, for an increase in the number of gambling tables, hours of operation, or maximum amount wagered. | ||||
| Horse racing. | AB 571 (2003-2004) | Yee | Support | No |
| This bill provides that a non-thoroughbred racing association that is conducting live racing after 6 p.m. and receiving a satellite signal from another non-thoroughbred racing association that is also conducting live racing, shall not be required to accept that satellite signal unless there is a written agreement between the two associations. | ||||
| Horse racing. | AB 667 (2003-2004) | Harman | Support | No |
| This bill establishes that any racetrack employee who wrongfully attempts to affect or wrongfully affects the outcome of a horse race is guilty of a misdemeanor. It also authorizes 5 satellite-wagering facilities in Los Angeles. | ||||
| Horse racing: deductions. | AB 388 (2003-2004) | Strickland | Support | Yes |
| This bill allows the California Horse Racing Board to set the deduction for any new type of horse racing wager introduced after January 1, 2004, in an amount of not less than 10 nor more than 30%, and charge a 3% license fee. | ||||
| Horse racing: harness horse races. | AB 2538 (2003-2004) | Strickland | Support | Yes |
| Outlines specific deadlines for an exchange of purse fund payments between a harness and quarter horse racing associations who imports additional out-of-state or out-of-country races as specified. | ||||
| Horse racing: marketing. | AB 2164 (2003-2004) | Plescia | Support | Yes |
| Extends a "sunset" date related to a private statewide marketing organization to market and promote thoroughbred and fair horse racing in California. | ||||
| Horse racing: out-of-country thoroughbred races. | AB 509 (2003-2004) | Jerome Horton | Support | Yes |
| This bill allows the Thoroughbred or fair association to distribute information about out of country horse races. The bill also changes other rules relating to racetracks. | ||||
| Horse racing: racing weeks. | AB 1128 (2003-2004) | Liu | Support | Yes |
| Allows the California Horse Racing Board to authorize a racing program that includes Breeders' Cup prep races on September 28, 2003, a date when a fair is also conducting live racing in the central zone. | ||||
| Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities. | AB 401 (2003-2004) | Jerome Horton | Support | Yes |
| This bill allows racetracks and fairgrounds to operate additional satellite wagering facilities. | ||||
| Horse racing: the Travers Stakes. | AB 3091 (2003-2004) | Support | No | |
| Adds the Travers Stakes to the group of specific stake races which are exempt from the 23-race per day limit on imported races. | ||||
| Horse racing: workers' compensation. | AB 1838 (2003-2004) | Jerome Horton | Support | No |
| Requires horse racing associations to deduct a specified additional percentage of certain wagering pools to help defray workers' compensation insurance costs. | ||||
| Horse racing: workers' compensation. | AB 701 (2003-2004) | Jerome Horton | Support | Yes |
| This bill changes the existing Horse Racing Law, by prescribing the amount deducted from the pari-mutuel pools in order to reduce workers' compensation costs within the California horse racing industry. | ||||
| Horse racing: workers' compensation. | AB 900 (2003-2004) | Support | No | |
| This bill makes changes to existing Horse Racing Law, which prescribes the amount deducted from the pari-mutuel pools, as specified, in order to address the increase in workers' compensation costs within the California horse racing industry. | ||||
| Horse racing: reporting. | AB 2945 (2003-2004) | Calderon | Support | No |
| Requires that the annual report of the California Horse Racing Board to the Governor and Legislature include information on workers' compensation costs and their impact on horse racing industry. | ||||
| Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities. | AB 381 (2003-2004) | Strickland | Support | No |
| This bill allows racetracks and fairs to use additional satellite wagering facilities in order to make betting on races easier. | ||||
| Native American lands: Tongva Reservation. | AB 2272 (2003-2004) | Dymally | Oppose | No |
| Establishes a state recognized Indian reservation for the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, a non-federally recognized Indian tribe, in the City of Compton. | ||||
| Slot machines or devices. | AB 360 (2003-2004) | Jerome Horton | Support | Yes |
| This bill states that tribal-licensed manufacturers are exempted from the state ban on the sale and possession of slot machines. | ||||
| California State Lottery Act. | AB 617 (2003-2004) | Spitzer | Support | Yes |
| This bill establishes that coins or currency may not be dispensed as prizes to players from computer terminals or devices. | ||||
| Gambling | SB 1183 (2003-2004) | Margett | Support | Yes |
| Authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to permit a harness racing association to accept wagers on races conducted on the same day as the Meadowlands Pace, the Hambletonian, and the North American Cup. | ||||
| Gaming - Horse Racing | SB 738 (2003-2004) | Karnette | Support | Yes |
| This bill defines a "California bred standardbred horse" as a standardbred foal dropped by a mare in California after being conceived in California by a stallion registered with the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program (CSSSP). | ||||
| Horse Racing | SB 1288 (2003-2004) | Karnette | Support | Yes |
| Increases the amount of money distributed to the California Standardbred Sire Stakes Program from wagers made on harness racing in California. | ||||
| Horse racing: backstretch workers. | AB 2276 (2003-2004) | Dymally | Support | Yes |
| Employers of horseracing backstretch workers shall submit to the administrator of the welfare program for backstretch workers any employment records necessary for payment of benefits and proper administration of the program. | ||||
| Joint exercise of powers. | AB 1930 (2003-2004) | Negrete McLeod | Support | Yes |
| Allows a joint powers agency composed of public agencies that conduct fairs or educational programs to operate liability risk pools for workers' compensation losses and other types of losses. | ||||
| Production of evidence: employment records. | SB 1465 (2003-2004) | Kuehl | Support | Yes |
| This bill would revise the definition of "employment records" to include records maintained by any labor organization. | ||||
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