--- 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 315" citation: "California AB 315 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"] version_count: 7 action_count: 24 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-12" last_action: "2015-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b250c8-0376-4b13-8d2f-3ad80139c052" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315" source_hash: "b27ee521ae3ecd0c2db5138b92113d65e5058e27f82bb2e167b290fabd8f339f" 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 315 (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. **02/12/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31599INT) 2. **03/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31598AMD) 3. **07/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31597AMD) 4. **08/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31596AMD) 5. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31594CHP) 6. **AB315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315) 7. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB315&version=20150AB31595ENR) ## Votes - AB 315 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower - AB 315 BIGELOW Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB315 Bigelow By Nielsen Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bigelow — primary (person) - Beth Gaines — coauthor (person) - Dahle — coauthor (person) - Gaines — coauthor (person) - Nielsen — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15. - **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1222.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-07-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2192.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2671.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-09** 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 512, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87b250c8-0376-4b13-8d2f-3ad80139c052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).