--- 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 1282" citation: "California AB 1282 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gray"] version_count: 6 action_count: 33 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2015-02-27" last_action: "2016-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afe22044-6ce1-4af1-b375-cf00e4c8819b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282" source_hash: "b30cd93586eb89a9f1f6c8506c4e11bc91c2c704575fd09ee15d22baf33e08db" 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 1282 (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. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282&version=20150AB128299INT) 2. **08/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282&version=20150AB128297AMD) 3. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282&version=20150AB128298AMD) 4. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282&version=20150AB128295CHP) 5. **AB1282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282) 6. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1282&version=20150AB128296ENR) ## Votes - AB 1282 GRAY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1282 GRAY Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1282 Gray By Hall Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Gray — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31. - **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-02** From Consent Calendar. - **2015-07-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill. - **2015-08-24** From inactive file. - **2015-08-24** Ordered to second reading. - **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee` - **2016-01-28** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2016-08-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-09** Withdrawn from committee. - **2016-08-09** 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` - **2016-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5059.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-23** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6122.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afe22044-6ce1-4af1-b375-cf00e4c8819b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).