---
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 869"
citation: "California SB 869 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009962f2-b6a9-482b-b83b-024491c3ddb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869"
source_hash: "bba6a0acd6515a43643cd2e4b7716792409d5e46c89b6cbfae895c6c74992191"
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 869 (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. **01/17/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869&version=20190SB86999INT)
2. **08/25/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869&version=20190SB86998AMD)
3. **09/25/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869&version=20190SB86996CHP)
4. **SB869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869)
5. **09/03/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB869&version=20190SB86997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB869 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 869 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Gray — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB869 G.O. — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 20.
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Set for hearing March 24.
- **2020-03-20** March 24 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-08** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2020-05-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3525.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3684.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Gray.
- **2020-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5294.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-31** From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Grove.
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to unfinished business.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009962f2-b6a9-482b-b83b-024491c3ddb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).