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.
California AB 1245 (20132014) — 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.
AB 1245 PÉREZ, V.M. Third Reading Urgency — 73–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1245 V. Manuel Pérez By Torres Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-06-26 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-07-01 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-07-01 Ordered to second reading.
2013-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-07-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2281.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2474.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-08-20 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-08-20 Ordered to second reading.
2013-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2115.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2013-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f910673-9670-45fb-a88c-070684024ac8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).