republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1977.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal gaming: compact amendment 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 to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1977"
citation: "California AB 1977 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact amendment ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e1f1cce-6da9-48c2-a072-df72323850c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977"
source_hash: "8a5b701097e4cb644c51d736e03d1988f04b9087c5d9625b6d807def084f261d"
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 1977 (20152016) — Tribal gaming: compact amendment 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 to 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. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197799INT)
2. **03/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197798AMD)
3. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197797AMD)
4. **08/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197796AMD)
5. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197794CHP)
6. **AB1977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1977&version=20150AB197795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1977 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1977 WOOD Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1977 Wood By McGuire Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wood — primary (person)
- McGuire — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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 5060.). `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 6147.). `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 296, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e1f1cce-6da9-48c2-a072-df72323850c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).