--- 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 tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 891" citation: "California AB 891 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-16" last_action: "2017-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/389b6161-725e-446d-8aff-401dfab88a6a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891" source_hash: "4bb81968a2db60918bdb5c3f04bd3bb925657977445a1c7c6bf21124e00c1edb" 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 891 (20172018) — 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 tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of 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. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891&version=20170AB89199INT) 2. **03/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891&version=20170AB89198AMD) 3. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891&version=20170AB89197AMD) 4. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891&version=20170AB89195CHP) 5. **AB891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891) 6. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB891&version=20170AB89196ENR) ## Votes - AB 891 Mayes Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB891 Mayes et al. By Glazer Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 891 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mayes — primary (person) - Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person) - Glazer — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-26** Coauthors revised. - **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1830.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-09-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-09-05** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-09-05** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2017-09-12** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-09-12** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2938.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2017-09-15** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3523.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 447, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/389b6161-725e-446d-8aff-401dfab88a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).