--- type: "Bill" title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification." description: "Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes. Existing law ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Pinoleville Pomo Nation executed on March 9, 2009." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 1418" citation: "California AB 1418 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hall"] version_count: 5 action_count: 32 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-03-21" last_action: "2011-10-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e063f6ab-fe26-456a-bafb-57d392a9557c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418" source_hash: "3ab0638c5231533cd9a5fad54dc52bf9ab48573c19d30302a3569629bf2f19f1" 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 1418 (20112012) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification. Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes. Existing law ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Pinoleville Pomo Nation executed on March 9, 2009. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/21/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418&version=20110AB141899INT) 2. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418&version=20110AB141898AMD) 3. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418&version=20110AB141896CHP) 4. **AB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418) 5. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1418&version=20110AB141897ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1418 HALL Concurrence - Urgency Added — **75–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **12–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1418 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1418 Hall By Wright — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21. - **2011-03-25** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1566.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-06-28** From consent calendar. - **2011-06-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-07-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2011-08-24** Withdrawn from committee. - **2011-08-24** Ordered to second reading. - **2011-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee` - **2011-09-07** Withdrawn from committee. - **2011-09-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2410.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2011-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2011-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 3194.) - **2011-09-09** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 9). `committee-passage` - **2011-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3214.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e063f6ab-fe26-456a-bafb-57d392a9557c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).