--- 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 931" citation: "California SB 931 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 5 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-01-16" last_action: "2024-09-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a8d02e-bdc9-4442-81c6-c23b00771f8d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931" source_hash: "1ecbf16e3b24e915a621d09016b7e82daf80bd69a71c9900132b56c4934da842" 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 931 (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. **01/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931&version=20230SB93199INT) 2. **08/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931&version=20230SB93198AMD) 3. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931&version=20230SB93196CHP) 4. **SB931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931) 5. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB931&version=20230SB93197ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent SB931 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd SB931 G.O. — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 931 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Ramos — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) - Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person) - Archuleta — coauthor (person) - Ashby — coauthor (person) - Bradford — coauthor (person) - Jones — coauthor (person) - Nguyen — coauthor (person) - Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person) - Ramos — coauthor (person) - Rubio — coauthor (person) - Wilk — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-01-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16. - **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-02-28** Set for hearing March 12. - **2024-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3282.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-03-28** Set for hearing April 8. - **2024-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Santiago. - **2024-06-20** Ordered to inactive file. - **2024-08-15** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Ramos. - **2024-08-19** From inactive file. - **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6540.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-27** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-28** Urgency clause adopted. - **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5612.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30a8d02e-bdc9-4442-81c6-c23b00771f8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).