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Bill	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 to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 291	California AB 291 (20152016)	bill	Tribal gaming: compact ratification.	enacted	Atkins	8	28	5	2015-02-11	2016-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a346aa8f-fa94-4ecf-b213-a5f57a0e8be8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB291	570037a660f38eabe3e22b7fe05a08d5a64148ae28466ce39c5de63248a55722	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 291 (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 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. 02/11/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/10/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/03/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB291 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/23/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 291 ATKINS Concurrence - Urgency Added — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB291 Atkins By Hueso Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 291 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — author (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)
• Medina — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2015-02-23 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-08-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-08-04 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
• 2016-08-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5020.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-22 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6051.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a346aa8f-fa94-4ecf-b213-a5f57a0e8be8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).