---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement."
description: "Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1738"
citation: "California AB 1738 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-03-15"
last_action: "2007-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ee2348-bbb7-44cc-a611-9d4c844e8a9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738"
source_hash: "895d958b0c3be02d2bfeddfec20b9d21aac05bfbdf160d4328a317713e894ba7"
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 AB 1738 (20072008) — Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738&version=20070AB173899INT)
2. **06/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738&version=20070AB173898AMD)
3. **07/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738&version=20070AB173896CHP)
4. **AB1738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738)
5. **06/29/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1738&version=20070AB173897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1738 G.O. Assembly Third Reading By TORRICO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1738 Coto by Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1738 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1424.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1581.)
- **2007-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-28** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 1583.)
- **2007-06-28** Read second time. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 6. Page 1583.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-06-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2333.)
- **2007-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2333.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ee2348-bbb7-44cc-a611-9d4c844e8a9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).