AB 2792 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: New York Stakes.

Summary
Existing law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Existing law prohibits the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions from exceeding 75 races per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races. This bill would exempt from the 75 imported race per day limitation, races imported that are part of the race card of the New York Stakes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2026 Last action Aug 30, 2026
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What changed between versions

03/17/26 - Introduced AB2792 · 1 edit
MINOR
No substantive legislative changes between these two versions. The diff reflects a change in document format from a plain-text or OCR-rendered bill document to the California legislature's HTML web page version, which adds navigation menus, search tools, and site links around the same bill text.
TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a plain-document layout (with line numbers and page headers) into an HTML web page with navigation elements, quick search, and site links. The actual statutory language of Section 19596.2 is unchanged.

Floor votes · Assembly May 4, 2026

How they voted

720
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 79
May 4, 2026
D Democratic59
55 Yea 4
93% Yea
R Republican20
17 Yea 3
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23).
upper
May 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4918.)
lower
Apr 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22).
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.