--- 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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 736" citation: "California SB 736 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2023-06-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccf7d06-d90f-48f5-bab5-fbaa2637603b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736" source_hash: "fa89f2c028f3fa029f5edc246c7dcda86ea26cb36d4ceeef92bb5437cc0c8449" 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 736 (20232024) — 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 those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to 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. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73699INT) 2. **05/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73698AMD) 3. **06/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73697AMD) 4. **06/23/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73695CHP) 5. **SB736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736) 6. **06/23/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB736&version=20230SB73696ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB736 McGuire et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - SB 736 McGuire Third Reading Urgency By Aguiar-Curry — **73–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - McGuire — primary (person) - Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20. - **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Set for hearing April 12. - **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 684.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24. - **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 875.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 962.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2023-05-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-06-08** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. - **2023-06-08** Withdrawn from committee. - **2023-06-08** Ordered to second reading. - **2023-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-06-12** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-12** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-06-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2288.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-06-22** Urgency clause adopted. - **2023-06-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1679.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2023-06-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-06-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ccf7d06-d90f-48f5-bab5-fbaa2637603b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).