--- 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 2358" citation: "California AB 2358 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"] version_count: 8 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2016-02-18" last_action: "2016-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42acfc1-0404-425e-88b1-4c8107ffe58f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358" source_hash: "9e7e2fddad3482e1691a46b8ff6b8993c28b97599419b9ac5cb185d715d0ac27" 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 2358 (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. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235899INT) 2. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235898AMD) 3. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235897AMD) 4. **06/23/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235896AMD) 5. **08/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235895AMD) 6. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235893CHP) 7. **AB2358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358) 8. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2358&version=20150AB235894ENR) ## Votes - AB 2358 GONZALEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2358 BIGELOW Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2358 Gonzalez By Hall Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **20–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gonzalez — primary (person) - Galgiani — principal coauthor (person) - Hall — principal coauthor (person) - Stone — principal coauthor (person) - Waldron — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5107.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-22** Withdrawn from committee. - **2016-06-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **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` - **2016-08-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5021.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-23** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6115.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-31** 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 298, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42acfc1-0404-425e-88b1-4c8107ffe58f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).