---
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 475"
citation: "California AB 475 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7743317f-d712-4618-b546-b1c214d6ccd5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475"
source_hash: "ee5b264d38416a3a06459a567141c8c65330a5b6eeae99a9b44278d9be975acd"
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 475 (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=201520160AB475&version=20150AB47599INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475&version=20150AB47598AMD)
3. **05/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475&version=20150AB47597AMD)
4. **06/17/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475&version=20150AB47595CHP)
5. **AB475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475)
6. **06/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB475&version=20150AB47596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 475 BIGELOW Third Reading Urgency — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB475 Bigelow By Berryhill Motions — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bigelow — primary (person)
- Berryhill — principal 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 G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-05-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-05-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1591.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1630.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-02** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1352.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2015-06-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7743317f-d712-4618-b546-b1c214d6ccd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).