---
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: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1245"
citation: "California AB 1245 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f910673-9670-45fb-a88c-070684024ac8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245"
source_hash: "87dc82a0e5b4af9b679104698604028e388f84f0a720f871d7cefea9dd609d4c"
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 1245 (20132014) — 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. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124599INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124598AMD)
3. **06/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124597AMD)
4. **07/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124596AMD)
5. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124594CHP)
6. **AB1245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245)
7. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1245&version=20130AB124595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1245 PÉREZ, V.M. Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1245 V. Manuel Pérez By Torres Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-07-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2281.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2474.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-08-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-08-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2115.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f910673-9670-45fb-a88c-070684024ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).