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 tribal-state gaming 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 1767 (20152016) — 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 tribal-state gaming 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.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bigelow — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2016-03-17 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4869.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2016-06-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-09 Withdrawn from committee.
2016-08-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2016-08-11 Withdrawn from committee.
2016-08-11 Ordered to second reading.
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5059.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-23 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6141.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ae1bef1-a13f-4110-a1b5-b309b129b5cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).