--- 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 795" citation: "California AB 795 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea1f8e5-045f-44d5-8aa9-456a1d708995" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795" source_hash: "ab7f9d203360587fa6b216e915e01292d3f4de30922f7436a01688712ef32c13" 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 795 (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. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79599INT) 2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79598AMD) 3. **06/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79597AMD) 4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79596AMD) 5. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79594CHP) 6. **AB795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795) 7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79595ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower - AB 795 LOW Assembly Third Reading — **79–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB795 Atkins By Hall Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - AB 795 ATKINS Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Atkins — primary (person) - Low — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28. - **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 1717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-15** 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` - **2015-06-18** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). 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` - **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2626.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2015-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3055.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-18** 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 520, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ea1f8e5-045f-44d5-8aa9-456a1d708995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).