CA AB 2536

introduced

Horse racing: satellite wagering facilities: authorizations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2536 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 2536 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-30): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Caballero.

What is CA AB 2536 about?

(1) The Horse Racing Law prohibits a satellite wagering facility, except a facility that is located at a track where live racing is conducted, from being located within 20 miles of any existing satellite wagering facility or of any track where a racing association conducts a live racing meeting, except, in the northern zone, the racing association or existing satellite wagering facility is authorized to waive this prohibition and consent to locating the new satellite wagering facility within 20 miles of the facility or track. This bill would expand that exception to the entire state. (2) The Horse Racing Law requires, before a satellite wagering facility may be licensed for the 1997 and subsequent calendar years, the department to conduct a one-year test at the proposed site in order to determine the impact of the proposed facility on total state parimutuel revenues and on attendance and wagering at existing racetracks and fair satellite wagering facilities in the Counties of Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. This bill would delete that requirement. (3) The Horse Racing Law authorizes fairs to contract for the operation and management of a satellite wagering facility with an individual racing association or a partnership, joint venture, or other affiliation of 2 or more racing associations or fairs that are licensed to conduct thoroughbred meetings or simulcast wagering within the northern zone. This bill would expand that authorization for fairs to contract, as specified above, for thoroughbred meetings or simulcast wagering within the state.

Who sponsors CA AB 2536?

Blanca Rubio is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2536.

Description

Introduced: 2026-03-27
Latest action: 2026-08-30 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Caballero.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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2026-08-30
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Caballero.
2026-08-06
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-06
From Consent Calendar.
2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-13
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4917.)
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2026-04-23
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2026-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-06
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-03-27
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-08 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Carrillo: yes
- Soria: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Solache: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-04-22 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
- Calderon: other
AB 2536 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-05-04 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Wallis: other
- Bennett: other
- Flora: other
- Caloza: other
- Wilson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Rubio: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other

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