BILL NUMBER: AB 2026 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Levine FEBRUARY 15, 2008 An act relating to gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2026, as introduced, Levine. Gaming. The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain individuals and establishments involved in various gambling activities, and for the regulation of those activities by the California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the enforcement of those regulations by the Department of Justice. This bill would direct the California Gambling Control Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, to perform a study and report its findings to the Legislature by June 30, 2009, regarding authorizing intrastate Internet poker, as specified. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The California Gambling Control Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, shall perform a study and report its findings to the Legislature by June 30, 2009, regarding authorizing intrastate Internet poker, pursuant to the federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following subjects: regulatory oversight and licensing, technological issues, underage and problem gambling matters, methods of play and types of games that may be legally offered, economic benefits to state and local governments, and the means by which those games and forms of gambling may be conducted and operated.