republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2915.md

---
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 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 2915"
citation: "California AB 2915 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-03-17"
last_action: "2016-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6bc200c-535a-4eb2-8659-cf9d3c1ca533"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915"
source_hash: "5155d4ab8efbb8fd7e08f76102634a20ff8f1eaab8cf8473f442f51087eaeec8"
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 2915 (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. **03/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915&version=20150AB291599INT)
2. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915&version=20150AB291598AMD)
3. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915&version=20150AB291596CHP)
4. **AB2915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915)
5. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2915&version=20150AB291597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2915 Eduardo Garcia By Hall Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2915 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2915 GARCIA, E. Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-18** From printer. May be heard in committee April 17.
- **2016-03-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4614.)
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4792.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-08-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-16** 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`
- **2016-08-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5231.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-25** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6302.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6bc200c-535a-4eb2-8659-cf9d3c1ca533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).