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SB 1409: Horse racing: charity days.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-09

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-09: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law requires each licensed racing association that conducts 14 weeks or less of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 14 weeks of racing to designate 5 racing days during any one meeting, to be conducted as charity days for the purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries.

This bill would instead require each licensed racing association that conducts 12 weeks or less of racing to designate 3 racing days, and each licensed racing association that conducts more than 12 weeks of racing to designate 5 racing days during any one meeting, to be conducted as charity days for the purpose of distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries.

The California Constitution vests the legislative power of the state in the Legislature, which consists of the Senate and Assembly. The Legislature may make law only by the enactment of a statute, and may enact a statute only by bill.This bill would require a bill introduced in the Legislature to be assigned a bill number that identifies the applicable legislative session, as provided. The bill would require the Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and Legislative Counsel Bureau to ensure that all legislative publications, indexes, journals, databases, and electronic systems use and display that bill number.

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