CaliforniaGaming: bingo.
What it does
(1) The California Constitution permits the Legislature to authorize cities, counties, and cities and counties to provide for bingo games for charitable purposes. Existing law authorizes those local agencies to regulate bingo games for charitable purposes under specified criteria. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
More detail
Prior law, until January 1, 2017, authorized remote caller bingo for charitable purposes and required the commission to regulate remote caller bingo, including licensure and operation.
Existing law prohibits Gambling Control Act requirements from applying to remote caller bingo unless expressly made applicable by repealed provisions relating to the aforementioned remote caller bingo program. Existing law requires the commission to adopt emergency regulations concerning remote caller bingo and concerning card-minding devices by May 1, 2009. Existing law creates the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund for the purpose of transitioning eligible entities to remote caller bingo, as specified.
This bill would repeal these and related obsolete provisions relating to remote caller bingo.
(2) Existing law authorizes a player who is physically present at a bingo game to use a hand-held, portable card-minding device, as specified, to assist in monitoring the numbers or symbols announced by a live caller as those numbers or symbols are called in a live game. Existing law also requires the Department of Justice to establish requirements for card-minding devices. Existing law authorizes the department to inspect card-minding devices and prohibits the use of any device that does not comply with requirements established by the department.
This bill would repeal those provisions authorizing the department to inspect, and prohibit the use of, card-minding devices and requiring a card-minding device to be approved by the department.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jul 28Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 76, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Jul 28Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Jul 15Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Jul 10In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 860 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 10Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 3Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 26From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 19Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- May 8In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd SB860 G.O. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 6Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 5From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 831.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Set for hearing April 22.
- Mar 26Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Mar 14From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 13.
- Mar 13Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced