AB 341 — Gambling: local moratorium.

Summary

Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling consistent with state law. Existing law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the voters. Existing law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county. Prior law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified. This bill would reenact that prohibition until January 1, 2043, and would prohibit the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that is pending before the commission as of January 1, 2024. The bill would also invalidate a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that was issued between December 31, 2022, and January 1, 2024. Prior law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited the governing body or board of electors of a city, county, or city and county that had not authorized legal gambling within its boundaries prior to January 1, 1996, from authorizing legal gambling, and prohibited an ordinance in effect on January 1, 1996, that authorized legal gambling within a city, county, or city and county from being amended to expand gambling in that jurisdiction beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. This bill would reenact those prohibitions until January 1, 2043. The bill, notwithstanding those provisions, would authorize a city, county, or city and county to amend its ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment that operates fewer than 20 tables, by up to 2 additional tables the first year, and up to 2 additional tables every 4 years thereafter, as provided. The bill would require an ordinance that was approved by a majority of the voters in a city, county, or city and county in an election that occurred after November 1, 2020, that authorized an increase in the number of gambling tables at a gambling establishment, and that became operative on January 1, 2023, as the result of the repealed provisions above, to remain operative on and after January 1, 2024. The bill would invalidate an amendment or adoption of an ordinance that occurred on or after January 1, 2023, by a city, county, or city and county resulting in an expansion of gambling that was not authorized or permitted under the act as of December 31, 2022, or that is not authorized or permitted under these provisions. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 05/22/23 - Chaptered Current pdf May 22, 2023
• Enrolled 05/16/23 - Enrolled pdf May 16, 2023
• Amended 04/27/23 - Amended Senate pdf April 27, 2023
• Amended 03/15/23 - Amended Assembly pdf March 15, 2023
• Introduced 01/30/23 - Introduced pdf January 30, 2023
• AB341 View text html

Action History

1. May 22, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2023.

2. May 22, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. May 18, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

4. May 15, 2023

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1542.).

5. May 11, 2023

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. May 11, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1048.).

7. May 09, 2023

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. May 08, 2023

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

9. April 27, 2023

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

10. April 25, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

11. April 12, 2023

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

12. March 23, 2023

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

13. March 23, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 827.)

14. March 20, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

15. March 16, 2023

    Ordered to second reading.

16. March 16, 2023

    Withdrawn from committee.

17. March 16, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

18. March 15, 2023

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

19. March 09, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 1.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. March 09, 2023

    Coauthors revised.

21. February 17, 2023

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

22. January 31, 2023

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

23. January 30, 2023

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• James C. Ramos · Primary
• Mike A. Gipson · Cosponsor
• Mathis · Cosponsor
• Dodd · Cosponsor
• Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh · Cosponsor
• Low · Cosponsor
• Greg Wallis · Cosponsor
• Robert Garcia · Cosponsor

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