--- 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: "SB 626" citation: "California SB 626 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59c8112-c191-4970-9d1b-d744c6463b1e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626" source_hash: "65e832948260206771c30838532fad8305a481ec8dd348b8ebefe204f8432304" 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 626 (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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62699INT) 2. **04/25/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62698AMD) 3. **05/25/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62697AMD) 4. **09/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62696AMD) 5. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62694CHP) 6. **SB626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626) 7. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB626&version=20170SB62695ENR) ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) - Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person) - Newman — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-02** Set for hearing May 9. - **2017-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1006.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-26** Published May 25 at 9 p.m. - **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1347.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-15** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee` - **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-07-17** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2017-08-28** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon. - **2017-08-29** From inactive file. - **2017-08-29** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-06** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-07** Urgency clause adopted. - **2017-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2584.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-12** 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 465, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b59c8112-c191-4970-9d1b-d744c6463b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).