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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
+description: "Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1767"
+citation: "California AB 1767 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-02-03"
+last_action: "2016-09-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae1bef1-a13f-4110-a1b5-b309b129b5cb"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767"
+source_hash: "cfbf5a0286aafe01a0eb679c4d83446a6906dd3e999e5251cd44a601b667b5d0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1767 (20152016) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
+
+Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767&version=20150AB176799INT)
+2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767&version=20150AB176798AMD)
+3. **06/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767&version=20150AB176797AMD)
+4. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767&version=20150AB176795CHP)
+5. **AB1767** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767)
+6. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1767&version=20150AB176796ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1767 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1767 BIGELOW Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1767 Bigelow By Berryhill Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bigelow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
+- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4869.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-09** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2016-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-08-11** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2016-08-11** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5059.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-23** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6141.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ae1bef1-a13f-4110-a1b5-b309b129b5cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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