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AB 1393: California Gambling Control Commission.
What AB 1393 does, verified December 6, 2025
The proposed legislation aims to amend sections of the Business and Professions Code related to gambling. It requires one member of the California Gambling Control Commission to have an attorney with regulatory or gaming law experience. This change is intended to enhance the commission's expertise in regulating gambling activities. The bill also includes other technical, nonsubstantive changes to ensure the commission's effectiveness in enforcing the laws.
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| Sep. 11, 2025 | Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla. |
| Jul. 10, 2025 | Ordered to third reading. |
| Jul. 10, 2025 | From Consent Calendar. |
| Jul. 09, 2025 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| Jul. 08, 2025 | From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 21, 2025 · 490 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1393
| Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to amend Sections 19800 and 19812 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1393, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. California Gambling Control Commission.
Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities by the Department of Justice. Under existing law, the commission consists of 5 members who are appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law requires one member of the commission, among other criteria, to be an attorney with regulatory law experience.
This bill would require one member of the commission, among other criteria, to be an attorney with regulatory or gaming law experience. The bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 19800 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19800.
This chapterSEC. 2.
Section 19812 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19812.
(a) Each member of the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state.(b) No A Member of the Legislature, no a person holding any elective office in state, county, or local government, and no an officer or official of any political party is are not eligible for appointment to the commission.
(c) No more than three of the five members of the commission shall be members of the same political party.
(d) A person is ineligible for appointment to the commission if, within two years prior to appointment, the person, or any partnership or corporation in which the person is a principal, was employed by, retained by, or derived substantial income from, any gambling establishment. For the purposes of this subdivision, “gambling establishment” means one or more rooms wherein in which any gaming within the meaning of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) of Title 9 of Part 1 of the Penal Code, or any controlled game within the meaning of Section 337j of the Penal Code, is conducted, whether or not the activity occurred in California.
(e) One member of the commission shall be a certified public accountant or a person with experience in banking or finance, one member shall be an attorney and a member of the State Bar of California with regulatory or gaming law experience, one member shall have a background in law enforcement and criminal investigation, one member shall have a background in business with at least five years of business experience or alternatively five years of governmental experience, and one member shall be from the public at large.
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