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type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 277"
citation: "California AB 277 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7319d768-fb83-4aad-9920-8dea1290d5c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277"
source_hash: "cea68e4801363600e580a641a4e6d132e0a502a0e802099765bcda0e0c67d919"
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 277 (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.
1. **02/11/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277&version=20130AB27799INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277&version=20130AB27798AMD)
3. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277&version=20130AB27797AMD)
4. **07/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277&version=20130AB27795CHP)
5. **AB277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277)
6. **07/01/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB277&version=20130AB27796ENR)
## Votes
- AB 277 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **4112** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB277 Hall By Wright — **2211** (pass) · upper
- AB 277 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **3812** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hall — primary (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-29** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 38. Noes 12. Page 1224.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Hall.
- **2013-05-02** Reconsideration granted. (Page 1224.)
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 12. Page 1225.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-06-13** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 1581.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:05 p.m.
- **2013-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7319d768-fb83-4aad-9920-8dea1290d5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).