California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 D cosponsors

AB 888 — Charitable raffles.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 575, Statutes of 2018.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to permit private, nonprofit 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. Existing statutory law, until December 31, 2018, authorizes 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, 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 a loan from the General Fund to the Major League Sporting Event Raffle Fund to address departmental workload related to the Department of Justice's initial implementation of enforcement activities relating to these provisions and requires the loan to be repaid to the General Fund by no later than December 31, 2018. This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until January 1, 2024. The bill would also extend the date by which the loan from the General Fund to the Major League Sporting Event Raffle Fund must be repaid to the General Fund to no later than December 31, 2023. By extending the operation 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. Existing law requires an eligible organization to annually file a report for each of the eligible organization's last 3 fiscal years that includes specified information, including, among other things, the aggregate gross receipts from the operation of raffles and the charitable or beneficial purposes for which proceeds of the raffles were used. Existing law requires the department to make these reports available to the public pursuant to the online search portal of the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. Under existing law, the failure to submit these reports is grounds for denial of an annual registration. This bill would instead require an eligible organization to file with the department and post on a specified Internet Web site, each season or year, a report that includes, among other things, the total number of raffles conducted for the season or year, the gross receipts generated from the sale of raffle tickets for the season or year, and for each raffle, each eligible recipient organization, and the amount each eligible recipient organization received. The bill would instead require the department to post the reports on its Internet Web site, but not on the online search portal of the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. The bill would further authorize the imposition of penalties for the failure to submit these reports, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to require the payment of fees to cover the reasonable costs of the department in administering and enforcing the above-described provisions, including a minimum annual registration fee of $5,000 to be paid by an eligible organization and a fee of $100 for every individual raffle conducted by the eligible organization at an eligible location, a minimum annual registration fee of $10 to be paid by a person affiliated with the eligible organization who conducts the manual raffle draw, and a minimum annual registration fee of $5,000 to be paid by a manufacturer or distributor of raffle-related products or services. Existing law authorizes the department to audit the records and other documents of a registrant to ensure compliance and authorizes the department to charge a registrant the direct costs associated with that audit. This bill would increase the department's authority to assess fees for those purposes by doubling the amounts specified above. The bill would provide that the department is entitled to reimbursement from a registrant for all actual, reasonable, and direct costs of an audit, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 575, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 11.).

  5. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 31).

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.

  7. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  9. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 6080.).

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  15. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  16. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  20. Withdrawn from committee.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  22. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  23. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  24. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3868.)

  25. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  26. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 18).

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  28. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & P. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 4). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  29. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  30. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  31. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  32. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  33. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  34. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  35. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  36. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  37. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  38. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  39. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 113 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

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Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (113)

113 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 888 Low Concurrence - Urgency Added

Passed 61 Yea · 11 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 44806
Democratic 12301
Republican 5001
Total 611108
% of votes cast 76%14%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Nay
Gloria — Yea
Burke — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Holden — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Harper — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Nay
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Mathis — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Not Voting
Chu — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Baker — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Nay
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Nay
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB888 Low et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause

Passed 32 Yea · 3 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29204
Democratic 3101
Total 32305
% of votes cast 80%8%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Chang — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Not Voting
Delgado — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Nay
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

Passed 14 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10103
Democratic 2101
Republican 2000
Total 14204
% of votes cast 70%10%0%20%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Gloria — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Gray — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Low — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Democratic 1000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 888 LOW Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55001
Democratic 15000
Republican 5001
Total 75002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (77)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Levine — Yea
Salas — Yea
Low — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Not Voting
Medina — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Democratic 4000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Ting — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea

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Be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions]

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7002
Democratic 2000
Total 9002
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Brough — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Friedman — Not Voting
Salas — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 888 do?
The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to permit private, nonprofit 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. Existing statutory law, until December 31, 2018, authorizes 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, 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 a loan from the General Fund to the Major League Sporting Event Raffle Fund to address departmental workload related to the Department of Justice's initial implementation of enforcement activities relating to these provisions and requires the loan to be repaid to the General Fund by no later than December 31, 2018. This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until January 1, 2024. The bill would also extend the date by which the loan from the General Fund to the Major League Sporting Event Raffle Fund must be repaid to the General Fund to no later than December 31, 2023. By extending the operation 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. Existing law requires an eligible organization to annually file a report for each of the eligible organization's last 3 fiscal years that includes specified information, including, among other things, the aggregate gross receipts from the operation of raffles and the charitable or beneficial purposes for which proceeds of the raffles were used. Existing law requires the department to make these reports available to the public pursuant to the online search portal of the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. Under existing law, the failure to submit these reports is grounds for denial of an annual registration. This bill would instead require an eligible organization to file with the department and post on a specified Internet Web site, each season or year, a report that includes, among other things, the total number of raffles conducted for the season or year, the gross receipts generated from the sale of raffle tickets for the season or year, and for each raffle, each eligible recipient organization, and the amount each eligible recipient organization received. The bill would instead require the department to post the reports on its Internet Web site, but not on the online search portal of the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. The bill would further authorize the imposition of penalties for the failure to submit these reports, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to require the payment of fees to cover the reasonable costs of the department in administering and enforcing the above-described provisions, including a minimum annual registration fee of $5,000 to be paid by an eligible organization and a fee of $100 for every individual raffle conducted by the eligible organization at an eligible location, a minimum annual registration fee of $10 to be paid by a person affiliated with the eligible organization who conducts the manual raffle draw, and a minimum annual registration fee of $5,000 to be paid by a manufacturer or distributor of raffle-related products or services. Existing law authorizes the department to audit the records and other documents of a registrant to ensure compliance and authorizes the department to charge a registrant the direct costs associated with that audit. This bill would increase the department's authority to assess fees for those purposes by doubling the amounts specified above. The bill would provide that the department is entitled to reimbursement from a registrant for all actual, reasonable, and direct costs of an audit, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 888?
AB 888 is sponsored by Burke, Hill, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Ash (Democratic), Low, Obernolte, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), Carrillo, Juan (Democratic), and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 888?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 888?
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