--- 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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 1540" citation: "California AB 1540 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gray"] version_count: 5 action_count: 24 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2015-03-26" last_action: "2015-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439d3ac5-2769-48e6-ae34-6661247d4957" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540" source_hash: "ba55684847bd2888d5747db7d39bff4a2cd06d5fc8487196a407ef883122a60b" 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 1540 (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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540&version=20150AB154099INT) 2. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540&version=20150AB154098AMD) 3. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540&version=20150AB154096CHP) 4. **AB1540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540) 5. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1540&version=20150AB154097ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1540 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1540 Gray By Jackson Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1540 GRAY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower - 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. - **2015-03-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-03-27** From printer. May be heard in committee April 26. - **2015-04-06** 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` - **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2410.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.) - **2015-09-03** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2863.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439d3ac5-2769-48e6-ae34-6661247d4957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).