--- 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 of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 517" citation: "California AB 517 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hall"] version_count: 5 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-15" last_action: "2012-05-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517" source_hash: "573ac2eed46035338e2c678169fdc407d5592a5cd638520a6e4855fd9bcd39f1" 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 517 (20112012) — 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 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. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51799INT) 2. **04/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51798AMD) 3. **05/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51796CHP) 4. **AB517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517) 5. **05/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517&version=20110AB51797ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - AB 517 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper - AB 517 HALL Concurrence - Urgency Added — **70–3** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB517 Hall By Leno Urgency Clause — **34–4** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1177.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-18** From consent calendar. - **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-18** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Negrete McLeod. - **2012-04-19** From inactive file. - **2012-04-19** Ordered to second reading. - **2012-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-04-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-05-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 3425.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2012-05-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 4763.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-05-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2012-05-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-05-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).