--- 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 771" citation: "California SB 771 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tribal gaming", "compact ratification"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 5 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2023-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/899255fb-90f8-46bf-bf98-4779b214fede" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771" source_hash: "504d1438763e357295c330f1fd47990c1d094d32fabe84c41eb61d56eb567abf" 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 771 (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=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77199INT) 2. **08/31/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77198AMD) 3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77196CHP) 4. **SB771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771) 5. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB771&version=20230SB77197ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB771 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper - SB 771 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Ramos — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar SB771 G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) - Bradford — coauthor (person) - Glazer — coauthor (person) - Jones — coauthor (person) - McGuire — 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. - **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 Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 25. - **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 873.) (April 25). `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 963.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-06-19** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes. - **2023-06-19** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes. - **2023-08-24** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Bryan. - **2023-08-28** From inactive file. - **2023-08-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-08-31** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3145.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-09-12** Urgency clause adopted. - **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2680.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 888, 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/899255fb-90f8-46bf-bf98-4779b214fede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).