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.
California AB 475 (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.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-03-26 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
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2015-05-22 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-05-22 Ordered to third reading.
2015-05-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1591.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1630.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-02 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-06-02 Ordered to second reading.
2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1352.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-08 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-06-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
2015-06-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-06-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7743317f-d712-4618-b546-b1c214d6ccd5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).