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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tribal gaming: compact ratification."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 795"
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citation: "California AB 795 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Tribal gaming: compact ratification."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-25"
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last_action: "2015-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea1f8e5-045f-44d5-8aa9-456a1d708995"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795"
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source_hash: "ab7f9d203360587fa6b216e915e01292d3f4de30922f7436a01688712ef32c13"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 795 (20152016) — Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79599INT)
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2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79598AMD)
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3. **06/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79597AMD)
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4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79596AMD)
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5. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79594CHP)
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6. **AB795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795)
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7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB795&version=20150AB79595ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 795 LOW Assembly Third Reading — **79–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB795 Atkins By Hall Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 795 ATKINS Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Atkins — primary (person)
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- Low — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
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- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 1717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-15** 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`
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- **2015-06-18** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2626.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3055.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ea1f8e5-045f-44d5-8aa9-456a1d708995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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