Report 2019-112 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-112: California State Lottery: The Lottery Has Not Ensured That It Maximizes Funding for Education (Release Date: February 2020)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that the Lottery adheres to the meaning of the 2010 amendments to the Lottery Act, the Legislature should amend the act to specify that the relationship between increases in its net revenue and increases in its education funding should be directly proportional.
Description of Legislative Action
As of February 25, 2023, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of February 25, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
AB 2963 (Quirk-Silva, 2020) would have, in part, amended the Lottery Act to specify that Lottery revenues are to be allocated so as to ensure that the relationship between increases in the net revenue of the Lottery and increases in funding allocated to public education is directly proportional. This bill died in the Assembly Education Committee.
SB 891 (Chang, 2020) would have amended the Lottery Act to specify that Lottery revenues are to be allocated so as to ensure that the relationship between increases in the net revenue of the Lottery and increases in funding allocated to public education is directly proportional. This bill died in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: February 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2963 (Quirk-Silva) would have, in part, amended the Lottery Act to specify that Lottery revenues are to be allocated so as to ensure that the relationship between increases in the net revenue of the Lottery and increases in funding allocated to public education is directly proportional. This bill died in the Assembly Education Committee.
SB 891 (Chang) would have amended the Lottery Act to specify that Lottery revenues are to be allocated so as to ensure that the relationship between increases in the net revenue of the Lottery and increases in funding allocated to public education is directly proportional. This bill died in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2020