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Bill	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 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 517	California AB 517 (20112012)	bill	Tribal gaming: compact ratification.	enacted	Hall	5	26	6	2011-02-15	2012-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB517	573ac2eed46035338e2c678169fdc407d5592a5cd638520a6e4855fd9bcd39f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 517 (20112012) — 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 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. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/17/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB517 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/14/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 517 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 517 HALL Concurrence - Urgency Added — 70–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB517 Hall By Leno Urgency Clause — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1177.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-15 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2011-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-18 From consent calendar.
• 2011-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-18 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Negrete McLeod.
• 2012-04-19 From inactive file.
• 2012-04-19 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 3425.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-05-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 4763.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2012-05-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-05-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be031a88-5ec9-4b10-ad8d-8b1900e39424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).