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Bill	Tribal-state gaming compacts.	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 ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, executed on August 23, 2004.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 787	California AB 787 (20112012)	bill	Tribal-state gaming compacts.	enacted	Chesbro	8	29	6	2011-02-17	2012-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/301e2c7d-8cac-4669-a68c-afdc8358434c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB787	08eb403548df4fe2a19e761ba706a3d25d379d3dbaa56c74dd288937fc7f32a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 787 (20112012) — Tribal-state gaming compacts.

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 ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts between the State of California and specified Indian tribes, including the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, executed on August 23, 2004.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/06/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/09/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB787 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB787 Chesbro By Wright Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 787 CHESBRO Concurrence - Urgency Added — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 787 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chesbro — primary (person)
• Evans — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1451.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2011-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-08 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-08-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-08-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-21 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-08-21 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4752.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-27 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6378.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
• 2012-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/301e2c7d-8cac-4669-a68c-afdc8358434c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).