--- 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 187" citation: "California SB 187 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal-gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hall"] version_count: 6 action_count: 30 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2015-02-09" last_action: "2016-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fed92bc-242c-4d42-8467-652e2b0f8566" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187" source_hash: "94283ff1a4d6edfb265866854681845941f04518323279a19d76cf8f7a916021" 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 187 (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. **02/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187&version=20150SB18799INT) 2. **04/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187&version=20150SB18798AMD) 3. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187&version=20150SB18797AMD) 4. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187&version=20150SB18795CHP) 5. **SB187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187) 6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB187&version=20150SB18796ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB187 Hall Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 187 Hall Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — **78–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hall — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-16** Set for hearing April 28. - **2015-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 795.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 883.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-16** From consent calendar. - **2015-07-16** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia. - **2015-08-20** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Holden. - **2015-08-24** From inactive file. - **2015-08-24** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-10** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Holden. - **2016-08-04** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon. - **2016-08-08** From inactive file. - **2016-08-08** 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. - **2016-08-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6019.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-24** Urgency clause adopted. - **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5365.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 306, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fed92bc-242c-4d42-8467-652e2b0f8566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).