CA SB 451
enactedGambling.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Existing law also vests the department with the responsibility to investigate violations of prohibitions against specified gambling activities, as enumerated in the Penal Code, including, among others, prohibitions against (1) lotteries, (2) certain games played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, and (3) slot machines. This bill would clarify that the department's authority to investigate suspected criminal violations of the aforementioned prohibited gambling activities enumerated in the Penal Code includes suspected violations that occur outside of a licensed gambling establishment, irrespective of whether the suspected violation involves licensees. The California Constitution generally prohibits lotteries and raffles. The California Constitution, notwithstanding this general prohibition, authorizes the Legislature to authorize private, nonprofit, eligible organizations to conduct raffles as a funding mechanism to provide support for their own or another private, nonprofit, eligible organizations' beneficial and charitable works, provided that at least 90% of the gross receipts from the raffle go directly to beneficial or charitable purposes in California. The California Constitution further authorizes the Legislature, by a 23 vote of each house, to amend the percentage of gross receipts required to be dedicated to beneficial or charitable purposes. Pursuant to this authority, existing statutory law authorizes an eligible organization to conduct a major league sports raffle if, among other requirements, 50% of the gross receipts generated from the sale of raffle tickets are used to benefit or provide support for beneficial or charitable purposes, as defined, the other 50% is paid to the winner, and the winners of the prizes are determined by a manual draw, as specified. Existing law authorizes these raffles only at a home game and prohibits an eligible organization from conducting more than one major league sports raffle per home game. This bill would additionally authorize an eligible organization to conduct a major league sports raffle at a championship game, if held at the designated venue where an affiliated sports team plays their home games. The bill would make other technical and conforming changes. By expanding the scope of provisions that revise the percentage of gross receipts required to go to beneficial or charitable purposes pursuant to the California Constitution, this bill would require a 23 vote of each house.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-18
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 584, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Archuletaauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-18
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-19
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2025-02-26
Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-27
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-04-09
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-04-09
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1200.) (May 23).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1522.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-06-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-09
July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-04
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
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2025-09-10
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2025-09-11
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (September 11).
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2025-09-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-12
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3431.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-13
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3034.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 584, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ashby: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Jones: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
Special Consent
2025-06-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Grove: yes
- Niello: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Jones: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Laird: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-25 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Ramos: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Berman: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Davies: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
Do pass.
2025-09-11 · pass · 20-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Gabriel: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Soria: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: other
- Solache: other
Unfinished Business SB451 Archuleta et al. Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Jones: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: other
- Valladares: other
- Choi: other
SB 451 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By AHRENS
2025-09-13 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: other
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