republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1020.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1020"
citation: "California AB 1020 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5281dc3f-a828-404c-9984-a5f1996c9a6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020"
source_hash: "e47994ae6b0ffe8e6b3cf2a7ff5cca60df470f334e300609529d82821bd51122"
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 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.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020&version=20110AB102099INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020&version=20110AB102098AMD)
3. **05/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020&version=20110AB102097AMD)
4. **06/13/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020&version=20110AB102095CHP)
5. **AB1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020)
6. **06/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1020&version=20110AB102096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1020 Chesbro By Evans Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5281dc3f-a828-404c-9984-a5f1996c9a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).