--- 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: "SB 1313" citation: "California SB 1313 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hall"] version_count: 5 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-19" last_action: "2016-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661cafad-a62d-4ad5-835d-4a7e08551966" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313" source_hash: "bb23fe72181ff01d5c9e6321930c0c9e2b86ecd610c97482789bfb0d77266f93" 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 SB 1313 (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. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131399INT) 2. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131398AMD) 3. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131396CHP) 4. **SB1313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313) 5. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1313&version=20150SB131397ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1313 Hall Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1313 Hall Third Reading Urgency By DODD — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 12. - **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3494.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25. - **2016-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3713.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-05-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-15** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cooper. - **2016-08-15** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6090.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-25** Urgency clause adopted. - **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m. - **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/661cafad-a62d-4ad5-835d-4a7e08551966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).