---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "The existing federal 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: "SB 1051"
citation: "California SB 1051 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8e8c73-57f6-47b0-9ace-34d1353939f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051"
source_hash: "c224459f6e224b860c2826e4e6e1343829dac5168eee5dc7294b049fd0dcaee6"
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 1051 (20172018) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

The existing federal 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. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051&version=20170SB105199INT)
2. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051&version=20170SB105198AMD)
3. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051&version=20170SB105196CHP)
4. **SB1051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051)
5. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1051&version=20170SB105197ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB1051 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1051 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1051 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4784.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5013.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** From consent calendar.
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-20** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-21** From inactive file.
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-31** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6152.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 846, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8e8c73-57f6-47b0-9ace-34d1353939f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).