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CA AB 77

introduced

Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 77 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 77 has been introduced as of 2025-06-27 but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-06-27): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird.

What is CA AB 77 about?

Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law establishes the Bureau of Gambling Control under the direction of the department. Existing law requires the commission to establish a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and members of the general public in equal numbers. Existing law requires the executive director of the commission to convene the committee, from time to time, for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant gambling-related issue. This bill would increase the membership of the committee from 10 to 12 members and would require the additional members to include one representative of academia who possesses knowledge on matters related to gaming and one representative from the bureau. The bill would require the executive director to convene the committee at least twice every calendar year, rather than from time to time.

Who sponsors CA AB 77?

Aguiar-Curry is the primary sponsor of CA AB 77.

Description

Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law establishes the Bureau of Gambling Control under the direction of the department. Existing law requires the commission to establish a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and members of the general public in equal numbers. Existing law requires the executive director of the commission to convene the committee, from time to time, for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant gambling-related issue. This bill would increase the membership of the committee from 10 to 12 members and would require the additional members to include one representative of academia who possesses knowledge on matters related to gaming and one representative from the bureau. The bill would require the executive director to convene the committee at least twice every calendar year, rather than from time to time.

Introduced
2024-12-17
Latest action
2025-06-27 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Aguiar-Curryauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-17

    Introduced. To print.

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  2. 2024-12-18

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 17.

  3. 2025-01-06

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  5. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  7. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2025-05-01

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1385.)

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  9. 2025-05-01

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  11. 2025-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-06-23

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2025-06-27

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Laird.

  15. 2025-06-27

    From Consent Calendar.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-19 · pass · 19-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Berman: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Gabriel: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • McKinnor: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 77 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-01 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • McKinnor: other
    • Papan: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-10 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Archuleta: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB77

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