Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law ratified the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, executed on September 2, 2009, but that compact was later rejected by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.
California AB 1020 (20112012) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 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 compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law ratified the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, executed on September 2, 2009, but that compact was later rejected by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1020 CHESBRO Third Reading Urgency — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chesbro — primary (person)
Evans — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-05 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-19 Ordered to third reading.
2011-05-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1513.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-06 Withdrawn from committee.
2011-06-06 Ordered to second reading.
2011-06-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1353.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-06-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
2011-06-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-06-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5281dc3f-a828-404c-9984-a5f1996c9a6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).