WatchGov

California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 1526

Horse racing: audits of the horsemen's organizations: license fee deposits: minisatellite wagering facilities.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

Sponsors

Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law requires an annual audit of the financial books and records of the horsemen's organizations, with respect to pension funds received by the organizations pursuant to specified laws, to be conducted by a nationally recognized accounting firm within 90 days of the close of the fund's business year. This bill would eliminate the 90-day time limit on conducting the annual audit and would authorize the California Horse Racing Board to permit exceptions to the audit requirement. The Horse Racing Law requires each application for a license to conduct a horse racing meeting to be accompanied by a deposit to secure the payment of any license fee imposed pursuant to specified provisions of that law, in the form of a certified check payable to the Treasurer of the State of California, in the amount of $10,000. Under the Horse Racing Law, a person engaged in the conduct of a recognized horse race meeting is required to pay a separate license fee imposed under other provisions of the Horse Racing Law in lieu of the license fee subject to that deposit requirement. This bill would eliminate this deposit requirement and would make other conforming changes. Existing law authorizes the board to approve minisatellite wagering sites, as defined, under specified conditions. Existing law requires an organization formed by associations or fairs to operate the audiovisual signal system to execute a specified agreement with the association conducting a racing meeting and the minisatellite wagering facility that specifies, among other things, the components of its racing program, including live, out-of-zone, out-of-state, and out-of-country races, that an association or fair will make available to the site. This bill would explicitly require the agreement to specify which live in-state races would be provided by the association or fair to the site. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes, including deleting obsolete language.

Text versions

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 28, 2026
House		AB 1526 Governmental Organizatio Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RUBIOpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 27, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB1526 G.O. (Blanca Rubio) By RubiopassSet your home in California to see
Jul 8, 2025
Senate		Do pass and be ordered to the Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
May 1, 2025
House		AB 1526 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
Apr 23, 2025
House		Do pass. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see

Actions