California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 549 — Charitable raffles.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2015.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to permit private, nonprofit, eligible organizations to conduct raffles as a funding mechanism to support beneficial and charitable works, if, among other conditions, 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 to amend the percentage of gross receipts required to be dedicated to beneficial or charitable purposes by a statute passed by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature. Existing statutory law implements those provisions and requires the Department of Justice to administer and enforce those provisions. This bill would authorize a major league sports raffle at a home game conducted by an eligible organization, as defined, for the purpose of directly supporting specified beneficial or charitable purposes in California, or financially supporting another private, nonprofit, eligible organization, as defined, that performs those purposes if, among other requirements, each ticket sold contains a unique and matching identifier, 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. The bill would authorize an electronic device to be used to sell tickets. The bill would prohibit the use of a random number generator for the manual draw or sale of tickets. This bill would define an eligible organization as a private, nonprofit organization established by, or affiliated with, a team from specified sports organizations that has been qualified to conduct business in California for at least one year before conducting a raffle and is exempt from taxation pursuant to specified provisions of federal and California law. The bill would require, if an eligible organization conducts a raffle for purposes of financially supporting another private, nonprofit, eligible organization, the eligible organization conducting the raffle to distribute to the other eligible organization all proceeds not paid out to the winners within 15 days of conducting the raffle. The bill would require an eligible organization to disclose to all ticket purchasers the designated private, nonprofit organization for which the raffle is being conducted. This bill would also prohibit an eligible organization from conducting a raffle, and a manufacturer or distributor of raffle-related products or services from conducting business with an eligible organization for purposes of conducting a raffle pursuant to these provisions, without first having obtained and thereafter maintained a registration from the Department of Justice, as specified. Once registered, the bill would require an eligible organization to file annually thereafter with the department a report that includes specified information for each of the eligible organization's last 3 fiscal years, and would require the department to make those reports available online, as provided. This bill would require the department to adopt, on or before June 1, 2016, regulations to enforce these provisions, would authorize the department to assess annual registration fees, as specified, to be deposited in the General Fund to cover the reasonable costs of establishing and operating this registration system, and would require the department to maintain a database of registrants and conduct specified proceedings in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would repeal its provisions on December 31, 2018.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 7. Page 2783.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  10. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  13. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1298.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1156.) (May 28).

  18. Set for hearing May 28.

  19. May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  20. Set for hearing May 11.

  21. May 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing May 4.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Withdrawn from committee.

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 592.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  27. Set for hearing April 14.

  28. Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Gray · Cosponsor
  • Hall · Primary
  • Jones-Sawyer · Cosponsor
  • Mendoza · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Hall

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB549 Hall Concurrence

Passed 37 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35200
Democratic 2001
Total 37201
% of votes cast 93%5%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Nay
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Nay
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 549 Hall Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER

Passed 64 Yea · 7 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56609
Democratic 4000
Republican 4100
Total 64709
% of votes cast 80%9%0%11%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Holden — Not Voting
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gatto — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Nay
Gray — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18002
Democratic 0001
Total 18003
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Perea — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 1002
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Roth — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 549 do?
The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to permit private, nonprofit, eligible organizations to conduct raffles as a funding mechanism to support beneficial and charitable works, if, among other conditions, 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 to amend the percentage of gross receipts required to be dedicated to beneficial or charitable purposes by a statute passed by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature. Existing statutory law implements those provisions and requires the Department of Justice to administer and enforce those provisions. This bill would authorize a major league sports raffle at a home game conducted by an eligible organization, as defined, for the purpose of directly supporting specified beneficial or charitable purposes in California, or financially supporting another private, nonprofit, eligible organization, as defined, that performs those purposes if, among other requirements, each ticket sold contains a unique and matching identifier, 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. The bill would authorize an electronic device to be used to sell tickets. The bill would prohibit the use of a random number generator for the manual draw or sale of tickets. This bill would define an eligible organization as a private, nonprofit organization established by, or affiliated with, a team from specified sports organizations that has been qualified to conduct business in California for at least one year before conducting a raffle and is exempt from taxation pursuant to specified provisions of federal and California law. The bill would require, if an eligible organization conducts a raffle for purposes of financially supporting another private, nonprofit, eligible organization, the eligible organization conducting the raffle to distribute to the other eligible organization all proceeds not paid out to the winners within 15 days of conducting the raffle. The bill would require an eligible organization to disclose to all ticket purchasers the designated private, nonprofit organization for which the raffle is being conducted. This bill would also prohibit an eligible organization from conducting a raffle, and a manufacturer or distributor of raffle-related products or services from conducting business with an eligible organization for purposes of conducting a raffle pursuant to these provisions, without first having obtained and thereafter maintained a registration from the Department of Justice, as specified. Once registered, the bill would require an eligible organization to file annually thereafter with the department a report that includes specified information for each of the eligible organization's last 3 fiscal years, and would require the department to make those reports available online, as provided. This bill would require the department to adopt, on or before June 1, 2016, regulations to enforce these provisions, would authorize the department to assess annual registration fees, as specified, to be deposited in the General Fund to cover the reasonable costs of establishing and operating this registration system, and would require the department to maintain a database of registrants and conduct specified proceedings in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would repeal its provisions on December 31, 2018.
Who sponsors SB 549?
SB 549 is sponsored by Gray, Hall, Jones-Sawyer, Mendoza, and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of SB 549?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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