---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming: Tribal Nation Grant Fund."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1355"
citation: "California AB 1355 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming: Tribal Nation Grant Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457e5df5-12bf-4734-965a-f1858ce30d78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1355"
source_hash: "bb92ba161ab255ccd8ac9803bb8ec06a8051f5de84784ce87bc65a992b641db3"
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 1355 (20152016) — Gaming: Tribal Nation Grant Fund.

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.

## 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=201520160AB1355&version=20150AB135599INT)
2. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1355&version=20150AB135597CHP)
3. **AB1355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1355)
4. **08/03/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1355&version=20150AB135598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1355 GRAY Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (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`
- **2015-05-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-01-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (January 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3428.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4731.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457e5df5-12bf-4734-965a-f1858ce30d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).