---
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, including the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1267"
citation: "California AB 1267 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b705b7b-793b-4428-b649-4c3b1f69847b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1267"
source_hash: "f1c50a0e0edfdc65d95146890718def7d35897be3ecabd1c2dd2ddd1b55cad5a"
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 1267 (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, including the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

## 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=201320140AB1267&version=20130AB126799INT)
2. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1267&version=20130AB126798AMD)
3. **05/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1267&version=20130AB126796CHP)
4. **AB1267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1267)
5. **05/21/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1267&version=20130AB126797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1267 Hall By Gaines Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1267 HALL Third Reading Urgency — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (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`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Measure version as amended on April 29 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1213.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 946.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:20 p.m.
- **2013-05-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b705b7b-793b-4428-b649-4c3b1f69847b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).