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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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 291"
+citation: "California AB 291 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2015-02-11"
+last_action: "2016-09-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a346aa8f-fa94-4ecf-b213-a5f57a0e8be8"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291"
+source_hash: "570037a660f38eabe3e22b7fe05a08d5a64148ae28466ce39c5de63248a55722"
+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 291 (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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to 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. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29199INT)
+2. **04/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29198AMD)
+3. **04/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29197AMD)
+4. **06/10/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29196AMD)
+5. **08/03/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29195AMD)
+6. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29193CHP)
+7. **AB291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291)
+8. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291&version=20150AB29194ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 291 ATKINS Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB291 Atkins By Hueso Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 291 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atkins — primary (person)
+- Anderson — coauthor (person)
+- Gonzalez — author (person)
+- Jones — coauthor (person)
+- Medina — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
+- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2015-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-30** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2015-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2016-08-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-04** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2016-08-04** 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`
+- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5020.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6051.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
+- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a346aa8f-fa94-4ecf-b213-a5f57a0e8be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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