---
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: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "California SB 674 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c149c7f-6a42-46dd-b9db-7efc9a0e41a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB674"
source_hash: "36cc56e41083e932aeb4964a022fd523b991edc6e2d90cc4291073e84b03bb89"
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 674 (20192020) — 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. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB674&version=20190SB67499INT)
2. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB674&version=20190SB67497CHP)
3. **SB674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB674)
4. **09/05/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB674&version=20190SB67498ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB674 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 674 McGuire Third Reading Urgency By Wood — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-05-14** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1160.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2019-08-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-08-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2962.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 706, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c149c7f-6a42-46dd-b9db-7efc9a0e41a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).