--- 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 466" citation: "California AB 466 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brown"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-23" last_action: "2016-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d68ae8-36b0-4e08-8060-0a9e4f193061" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466" source_hash: "68cd16837b70084131cc16eddf89811c0225a7d3417b0003d24209ec23879985" 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 466 (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. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46699INT) 2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46698AMD) 3. **06/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46696AMD) 4. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46697AMD) 5. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46695AMD) 6. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46693CHP) 7. **AB466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466) 8. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB466&version=20150AB46694ENR) ## Votes - AB 466 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **47–27** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB466 Brown By Lara — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 466 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Brown — primary (person) - Bigelow — coauthor (person) - Gray — principal coauthor (person) - Lara — principal coauthor (person) - McCarty — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. - **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 1541.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **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` - **2015-09-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Wolk. - **2016-06-27** From inactive file. - **2016-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-29** 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` - **2016-08-17** 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` - **2016-08-23** Withdrawn from committee. - **2016-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5296.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6225.) - **2016-08-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6225.) - **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6225.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m. - **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00d68ae8-36b0-4e08-8060-0a9e4f193061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).