--- 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 6" citation: "California SB 6 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"] version_count: 10 action_count: 39 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2016-12-05" last_action: "2017-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761434a4-4558-4bd1-a814-e0c3d4d6da2a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6" source_hash: "9be6e003f2889708144fad404ab386b6aceabe0a26572988d2dedddbed0bbe23" 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 6 (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. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB699INT) 2. **01/24/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB698AMD) 3. **02/15/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB697AMD) 4. **03/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB696AMD) 5. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB695AMD) 6. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB694AMD) 7. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB693AMD) 8. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB691CHP) 9. **SB6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6) 10. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB6&version=20170SB692ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hueso — primary (person) - Eduardo Garcia — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5. - **2017-01-12** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2017-01-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-01-25** Set for hearing January 31. - **2017-01-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 130.) (January 31). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-02-03** Set for hearing February 14. - **2017-02-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 192.) (February 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-02-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-03-01** Set for hearing March 6. - **2017-03-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-03-02** March 6 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-03-03** Set for hearing March 13. - **2017-03-13** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed. - **2017-03-13** (Ayes 2. Noes 4. Page 348.) (March 13) - **2017-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 348.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-03-29** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-03-29** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-03-30** Published March 29 at 9 p.m. - **2017-04-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 582.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-07** June 13 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-06-19** June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-09-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. - **2017-09-07** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-09-07** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3412.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2992.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m. - **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 455, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/761434a4-4558-4bd1-a814-e0c3d4d6da2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).