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SB 920: The Gambling Control Act: regulatory fees.
What SB 920 does, verified September 17, 2026
This bill requires the California Gambling Control Commission and the Department of Justice to maintain a regulation that states the authorized purpose and use of fees collected. The regulation must include information on the program activities funded and the categories of costs covered. Any fee or adjustment to a fee must take effect after the required regulation is adopted or amended. The revenues from the fee must be expended only for the activities and purposes identified in the regulation. These provisions do not apply to any fee that was adopted or amended prior to the bill's enactment.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2026. (2026-09-14)Alert me
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| Sep. 14, 2026 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2026. |
| Sep. 14, 2026 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep. 02, 2026 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. |
| Aug. 27, 2026 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug. 25, 2026 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6493.) Ordered to the Senate. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, September 14, 2026 · 380 words
Senate Bill No. 920
CHAPTER 225
An act to add Section 19841.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to gaming.
[ Approved by Governor September 14, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 14, 2026. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 920, Archuleta. The Gambling Control Act: regulatory fees.
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 and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law establishes the Gambling Control Fund within the State Treasury for the receipt and deposit of fees and revenue collected pursuant to the act. Under the act, specified licensing fees are required to be paid for the issuance or renewal of a state gambling license, as specified. Existing law requires that all fees and revenue collected pursuant to the act, except all fines and penalties, be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for expenditure exclusively for the support of the department and the commission in carrying out their duties and responsibilities under the act.
This bill would require the commission or the department, upon the adoption or amendment of a fee that is deposited into the Gambling Control Fund, to post on its public internet website a detailed statement of the need for, purpose of, and authorized use of the fee, including the general activities the fee is intended to support, along with reference to publicly available rulemaking materials. The bill would state that these provisions do not apply to a fee adopted or amended prior to January 1, 2027.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 19841.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:19841.5.
(a) Upon the adoption or amendment of a fee that is deposited into the Gambling Control Fund, the commission or the department shall post on its public internet website a detailed statement of the need for, purpose of, and authorized use of the fee, including the general activities the fee is intended to support, along with reference to publicly available rulemaking materials.(b) This section does not apply to a fee adopted or amended prior to January 1, 2027.
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