---
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 between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "California SB 559 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurtado"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/749f7a86-2c6e-42b3-a4c2-7698c2184501"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559"
source_hash: "ed5437504b46e0ca2ac1e9480be896014da240e4239c7b174587ec298014fe6f"
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 559 (20212022) — 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 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. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55999INT)
2. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55998AMD)
3. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55997AMD)
4. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55996AMD)
5. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55994AMD)
6. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55995AMD)
7. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55992CHP)
8. **SB559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559)
9. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB559&version=20210SB55993ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB559 Hurtado et al. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 559 Hurtado Third Reading Urgency By Salas — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB559 Hurtado et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurtado — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1196.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-26** August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Gray.
- **2022-08-18** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2022-08-22** From inactive file.
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5397.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 467, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/749f7a86-2c6e-42b3-a4c2-7698c2184501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).